How Much Should Staff+ Code? StaffPlus NYC 2023

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1. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Joy Ebertz StaffPlus NY 2023 How Much Should Staff+ Engineers Code?
2. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. How much should staff+ engineers code?
3. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. What does it even mean to be Staff+?
4. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Four Archetypes From Will Larson’s StaffEng Right Hand Tech Lead Architect Solver
5. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. What’s in a title? Staff Principal Architect Level 6
6. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Pay Level
7. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Why pay for 1 pricy Principal when you could hire 2 Senior SWEs?
8. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Impact Level
9. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. It’s all about Impact
10. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Is coding the most impactful thing?
11. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Why Code?
12. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Love of Coding < ❤ />
13. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Gain Context
14. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Gain Context
15. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Architectural Understanding
16. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Build Credibility
17. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Why Not Code?
18. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Low Leverage
19. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Slower than Others
20. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Blocking Others
21. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Preventing Learning
22. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. What Is the Balance?
23. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. You’re going to hate this answer
24. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. You’re going to hate this answer It Depends…
25. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. It Depends
26. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Ask Yourself ▸ What do you want to do?
27. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Ask Yourself ▸ What do you want to do? ▸ What are your career goals? Does coding help?
28. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. 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?
29. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. 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?
30. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. What Do Others Say They Do?
31. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. 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%
32. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. I asked
33. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. 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)
34. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. How Much Do You Code?
35. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. How Much Do You Code? 76-100%
36. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. How Much Do You Code? 51-75%
37. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. How Much Do You Code? 26-50%
38. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. How Much Do You Code? 1-25%
39. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. How Much Do You Code? 0%
40. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. ▸ 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…
41. © 2022 Split Software, Inc. Joy.ebertz@split.io Blog: https://medium.com/@jkebertz Twitter: @jkebertz Thank You
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