What’s up with becoming a Staff Engineer? What does it mean? Is it just for people who want to keep coding? How do you become a Staff Engineer and what does the work entail? What if I told you that being a Staff engineer actually required a lot of communication and collaboration skills?
In this talk, let’s answer all those questions! To aid in our journey, we’ll also take a look at what it means to be “glue”, help you navigate organizations to find value and succeed at being a Staff engineer!
Key Takeaways:
- what is a Staff+ engineer? What role and responsibilities does this entail?
- (discusses the classical 4 archetypes + a fifth one and their application)
- what does the work of a staff+ engineer entail?
- How do you get promoted to be a Staff+ engineer?
- classical promotion path
- “Staff project”
- detour via management track
- How do you excel at a Staff+ role?
- why the term “individual contributor” is misleading
- being glue
- yes, you are a leader
- navigating big organizations and finding value