Understanding the role of a Staff engineer

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2 жыл бұрын

Define your own progression and responsibilities in becoming a senior individual contributor.
The role and definition of a Staff engineer differs from org to org. This poses a challenge when looking to recruit new ICs into the business as the job title doesn’t always translate to the skillset that you’re looking for.
Whilst a standardised definition might be nice, we’re taking an alternative approach! How can you best define your own personal progression when your org doesn’t have a clear career ladder?
Join the first webinar in our ‘Defining the IC career ladder’ series to find out exactly what the job of a senior staff engineer looks like across an array of organizations and stay tuned in the coming months as we climb the career ladder and explore what Staff+ looks like from Staff engineer to CTO.
Key learnings
- Understand how to set your own definition of your job role in an organisation
- Learn the key skills you need for moving up towards a Staff engineer
- Define the commonalities of the day to day job role across different organizations
- Create your own set standard KPIs and skills to build your career

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@MattCM89 5 ай бұрын

I recently got promoted to one of the first staff in our company, and am finding the expectations difficult to pin down. This has been immensely helpful thank you so much for all the content.

@thesoftwareengineershow 2 жыл бұрын

Andrew makes sense as a staff software engineer. He points larger things that a staff engineer needs rather than a senior/mid software engineer needs.

@jefferyaronhalt4209 Жыл бұрын

they each talked about various and unique aspects of what the nebulous “staff” role is from their individual experiences. he did a good job, but so did each other person. certainly some surfaces scratched, but goodness some goodness.

@ihsanpro9406 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. I am looking to hire a staff engineer and his explanation resonates more to our needs. While other staff engineers felt like talking about senior engineers responsibilities

@sephorasmuse Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information. I recently got hired as a Staff Engineer. At least, I know what I'm going into now.

@hanzladev 2 жыл бұрын

That was something different which I just watched, Thank you so much for bringing up next level content 💗💗💗

@linonator Жыл бұрын

Talk about a diamond in the rough. This was one of the best podcast on this topic I’ve seen. Awesome video!

@xinwang6125 Жыл бұрын

I feel if it is a 1:1 interview could be much deeper on the topic.

@architectsofthecloud6218 Жыл бұрын

I needed as a great prep for a life changing staff engineer interview I will have in a week.

@omarmefire4225 4 ай бұрын

Did u get it?

@GerardBeaubrun 4 ай бұрын

Sadly no. It was with Crunchyroll and the interview process was amazing. I'm a solutions Architect now

@JonLundy0 7 ай бұрын

Such a leadership pull to let OKRs drop by the wayside.

@shaivaljava401 2 жыл бұрын

That what needed

@thaboshikwambane5578 11 ай бұрын

Links to the other parts of this series?

@thaboshikwambane5578 11 ай бұрын

Found the playlist on the chanel. Might be smart to add these links within the description

@handlechar568 Ай бұрын

i don't think its vague enough tbh. how about "working worker"? has a better ring to it.

@radhaivaturi4263 4 ай бұрын

hello... I worked as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and statistics for 9 years now i am taking a career transition into Data science... and i have an interview for Staff Engineer ... please help me how to prepare

@jeromeeusebius 27 күн бұрын

Hello Rad..., how did the interview go? Did the video and discussions help?

@kevvvinnn 10 ай бұрын

12:00 - The dopamine triggers disappear when you transition from Senior to Staff

@truevelvett 3 ай бұрын

Eh... let's say they move. You no longer get pleasure from closing a ticket but you will get pleasure from seeing a project to completion, improving a system or a process and helping your team succeed.

@ralhamami Жыл бұрын

I, for one, think Laurie's Lego sets did not get enough attention. 😎

@hmak2009 10 ай бұрын

agreed, that was quiet an unfriendly introduction to guest speakers

@jn-ti3of Жыл бұрын

Me, a mid level: WOW I'm absolutely a staff engineer!

@mnrjruen 2 жыл бұрын

how is it possible that every engineer is on the staff level? how arrogant!

@prestonrasmussen1758 Жыл бұрын

Are you talking about her claiming that pretty much every engineer at Netflix was on the Staff Level? If so it’s due to Netflix’s hiring practices. Until recently Netflix didn’t hire any engineers with less than two years of experience (and generally it was quite hard to get in without 3-4 years). Netflix has started hiring entry level engineers, but they’re still a very small portion of the company. So Netflix lacks a lot of that lower end of engineering experience that makes up a significant portion of other tech companies.

@thaboshikwambane5578 11 ай бұрын

@@prestonrasmussen1758great answer Preston. Thanks for clarifying. Seemed pretty weird to hear her comment without this context.

@ZMC345 5 ай бұрын

@@prestonrasmussen1758 yeah but having experience doesnt make you a good engineer. I highly doubt they have that much talent at engineer just because they dont hire entry level engineer. A lot of companies dont. Im like the only entry level engineer in my company