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Staff+: Career Progression
Without Management
đđ¤đ§đđ
@MikeMcQuaid
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me
đ
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Principal Engineer in Communities
(GitHub Engineer 2013 â Present)
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Project Leader on Homebrew
(Homebrew Maintainer 2009 â Present)
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2003-7
2007-8
2008-9
2009-12
2012-13
2013-Present
(2009-Present)
đ¨đ CS + MS BSc, UoE
đ BT
đŹ Mendeley
đ§ KDAB
𼞠AllTrails
đ GitHub
(đş Homebrew)
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2013-16
2016-18
2018-20
2020-22
2022-Present
Senior Engineer
Senior Marketer
Senior Engineer
Staff Engineer
Principal Engineer
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career tracks
đ¤
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đ Traditional
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đ GitHub
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đ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó ż Scotland Expectation
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đ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó ż Scotland Reality
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differences
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Management
people management
(performance reviews, 1:1s, etc.)
other leadership/management
evaluated on your team
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IC
no people management
individual contribution
evaluated on your work
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Staff+ IC
no people management
technical leadership
(work e.g. review, mentorship)
evaluated on your impact
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my role
đ
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Senior Engineer
feature coding work
feature team code review
feature product feedback
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Staff Engineer
cross-organisation coding work
mentoring mid-level engineers
đŠ umbrella for other engineers
unplanned fixes for manager
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Principal Engineer
company-wide coding work
mentoring senior+ engineers
company-wide architecture work
company-wide unplanned fixes
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đ GitHub
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resources
đ
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https://noidea.dog/glue
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https://staffeng.com
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https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/
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https://mikemcquaid.com/2021/10/01/what-is-a-staff-plus-principal-engineer/