How Much Should Staff+ Code? StaffPlus NYC 2023

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1. © 2022
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   Joy Ebertz
   StaffPlus NY 2023
   How Much Should Staff+ Engineers
   Code?
   

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2. © 2022
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   How much should staff+ engineers code?
   

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3. © 2022
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   What does it even mean to be Staff+?
   

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4. © 2022
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   Four Archetypes
   From Will Larson’s StaffEng
   Right Hand
   Tech Lead
   Architect
   Solver
   

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   What’s in a title?
   Staff
   Principal
   Architect
   Level 6
   

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   Pay
   Level
   

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   Why pay for 1 pricy Principal when you could
   hire 2 Senior SWEs?
   

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   Impact
   Level
   

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   It’s all about Impact
   

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    Is coding the most impactful thing?
    

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    Why Code?
    

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    Love of Coding
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    Gain Context
    

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    Gain Context
    

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    Architectural Understanding
    

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    Build Credibility
    

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    Why Not Code?
    

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    Low Leverage
    

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    Slower than Others
    

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    Blocking Others
    

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    Preventing Learning
    

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    What Is the Balance?
    

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    You’re going to hate this answer
    

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    You’re going to hate this answer
    It Depends…
    

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    It Depends
    

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    Ask Yourself
    ▸ What do you want to do?
    

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    Ask Yourself
    ▸ What do you want to do?
    ▸ What are your career goals? Does coding help?
    

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    Ask Yourself
    ▸ What do you want to do?
    ▸ What are your career goals? Does coding help?
    ▸ Does your company expect you to code? Will
    coding help with the things your company expects?
    

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29. © 2022
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    Ask Yourself
    ▸ What do you want to do?
    ▸ What are your career goals? Does coding help?
    ▸ Does your company expect you to code? Will
    coding help with the things your company expects?
    ▸ Are you providing more value to your company by
    coding? Are you doing the optimal amount?
    

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    What Do Others Say They Do?
    

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    I asked
    ▸ 38 responses
    ▸ Overall average of 31%
    ▹ 1 senior Architect 10%
    ▹ 1 Senior Principal 10%
    ▹ 11 Principal 29.31%
    ▹ 8 Senior Staff 34.88%
    ▹ 17 Staff 30.44%
    

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    I asked
    

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    I asked
    ▸ They would like to do more
    ▸ 0% is too little
    ▸ The higher you go, the less you do (all other factors
    staying the same)
    

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34. © 2022
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    How Much Do You Code?
    

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35. © 2022
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    How Much Do You Code?
    76-100%
    

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36. © 2022
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    How Much Do You Code?
    51-75%
    

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37. © 2022
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    How Much Do You Code?
    26-50%
    

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38. © 2022
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    How Much Do You Code?
    1-25%
    

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39. © 2022
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    How Much Do You Code?
    0%
    

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    ▸ What do you want to do?
    ▸ What are your career goals? Does coding help?
    ▸ Does your company expect you to code? Will
    coding help with the things your company expects?
    ▸ Are you providing more value to your company by
    coding? Are you doing the optimal amount?
    How Much Should Staff+ Engineers Code?
    It Depends…
    

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41. © 2022
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    Joy.ebertz@split.io
    Blog: https://medium.com/@jkebertz
    Twitter: @jkebertz
    Thank You
    

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42. © 2022
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    Image Credits
    • Racoon and Unicorn drawn by Joy Ebertz
    • Photos all taken by Joy Ebertz
    • Other drawings from from
    https://undraw.co/license
    • Flagging image owned by Split
    • All others are PowerPoint Icons
    

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