Staff ++ Engineer: Handle your tech career as post-senior

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Staff ++ Engineer Handle your career beyond a Senior Engineer Otávio Santana Software Engineer & Architect and Open Source Committer [email protected] @otaviojava

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@otaviojava Otavio Santana Who am I? Software Engineer & Architect @otaviojava Java Champion, Oracle ACE JCP-EC-EG-EGL Apache and Eclipse Committer Jakarta EE and MicroProﬁle Duke Choice Award JCP Award Book and blog writer

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@otaviojava Early-Career Mid-level Senior Manager Technical Person The ﬁrst Tech Path

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@otaviojava Technology as strategic resource “Every business is a software business” CMMI “Every Company is a Data Company” CIO Network “Every Company is a Software Company” Forbes Everything is around software!

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@otaviojava The Complexity Paradox: The More Answers We Find, the More Questions We Have Developer experience is a market Trade-offs The hype effect

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The right balance Opportunity + Technology = innovation Opportunity But how? Technology But what? Product & Business @otaviojava osarchitech.com

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@otaviojava Staff ++ Engineer More alling with manager path A technical leader Senior is an end Beyond the management track

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@otaviojava The Staff+ Path IC for Engineers Staff-plus Staff Principal Distinguished Head Director VP Engineering management

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@otaviojava The Staff+ Path IC for Engineers https://www.getmanfred.com/blog/individual-contributor-guide-for-developers

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@otaviojava Who is a Staff Engineer? Duties No Team Expert Mentor/Guide

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Impact Strategy and Results @otaviojava osarchitech.com Overseeing Care Proactive Avoid Waste

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@otaviojava Who is a Staff Engineer? Archetype Specialization Impact Non unique path

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@otaviojava Tech Lead Guide a particular Team https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes

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@otaviojava Solver Deep Coder https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes

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@otaviojava Architect Direction on critical area https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes

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@otaviojava Right Hand Executive’s attention https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes

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@otaviojava Specializations Diversity makes the company stronger

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@otaviojava T-shaped skills What we don't know is the key

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@otaviojava Similarities Working as Staff Work on what matters Writing Strategy Handle Technical Qualify Aligned with authority Present to executives

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@otaviojava Architecture as strategic Several approaches

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@otaviojava Complexity Achieving Simplicity Complexity is anything related to the structure of a software system that makes it hard to understand and modify the system.

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@otaviojava Scalability A single point of failure Culture Methodology Quality Handle a growing amount

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@otaviojava C4-model Architecture’s map Scaling Software Architecture via Conversations: the Advice Process Tech-radar Technologies's view ADR Don’t repeat the error Communication A clear direction

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@otaviojava Archiving beyond the seniority Upskills the fundamentals Be pragmatic Understand why Avoid over-engineering Simplicity

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@otaviojava It depends is deprecated! Software Architecture Trade-off Questions Design Long term code Context the most important

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@otaviojava Communication You won't leave o code, but English as the ﬁrst step Storytelling Target

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@otaviojava Problem Business Seeing beyond the code Customer

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@otaviojava Challenge Management vs Technical Mature occupation Decisions Meetings Code Executive

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@otaviojava Challenge Technical vs Technical Communications Lead Team Give Space Opportunities Less code more Guide

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@otaviojava Next Steps Read the book Find yourself Mentor Company Switching Moving Beyond the Senior

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Thank you! Otávio Santana Software Engineer & Architect [email protected] @otaviojava @otaviojava osarchitech.com