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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 đ§
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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/
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questions? đ @MikeMcQuaid
[email protected]