The Staff Plus Journey

Daniel Boaitey
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The Staff Plus Journey digs into the career stories of staff plus engineers - unlocking gems of learning that listeners can grab to boost and accelerate their own software engineering career. Hosted by Daniel Boaitey - reach out on LinkedIn

Episodes

  1. May 22

    Thinking Bigger as a Software Engineer | Joy Ebertz @ Imprint, ex-Microsoft, Box, Split

    Episode 3: Joy shares her journey from MIT to becoming a Principal Engineer and we dive into what it really means to “think bigger” as an engineer, how staff+ engineers create impact across organizations, what it takes to navigate a big migration, excelling as a woman in tech and much more! Reach out at http://linkedin.com/in/dboaitey or leave a comment! Survivorship Bias Plane ImageThinking Bigger - Joy EbertzCuckoo FilterStaff Plus ArchetypesStaff Engineer book by Will Larson (featuring Joy!)

    53 min

  2. Mar 6

    Hidden Laws of Software Engineering | Sean Goedecke @ Github, Ex-Zendesk

    Welcome to episode 2! In this conversation with Sean, we dive into what actually matters inside engineering organizations, how to build strong relationships with managers, and why understanding the business is critical for career growth. - Software engineers should be a little bit cynical– Sean Goedecke - Generic Good Stuff - Randall Koutnik - How I got promoted to staff engineer twice – Sean Goedecke - Staff Engineer Archetypes – staffeng.com - How LLMs Work – Sean Goedecke - The Abyss – Ben Kuhn - Worry-Driven Development – Sean Goedecke - Thinking Clearly About Software – Sean Goedecke - Seeing Like a Software Company – Sean Goedecke - Dialectic Podcast – Jackson Dahl Reach out at http://linkedin.com/in/dboaitey or leave a comment!

    55 min

  3. Jan 30

    Becoming a Problem Finder | Randall Koutnik @ Linear, Ex-Netflix, Jellyfish, Slack

    Welcome to episode 1! Enjoy this conversation with Randall, where we chatted about career growth as an engineer, leveraging open source experience, having a public presence and so much more! Reach out at linkedin.com/in/dboaitey or leave a comment! Show notes/links below or here: https://danieldrumma.github.io/pod-site/episode.html?slug=getting-started Show Notes Randall's LinkedInPaul Graham on startups as leverageRethinking the Developer Career PathNetflix - Culture of Freedom of Culture and ResponsibilityJeff Atwood's blogAngular Batarang Performance TalkGeneric Good Stuff TalkCalculords Blog

    56 min
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The Staff Plus Journey digs into the career stories of staff plus engineers - unlocking gems of learning that listeners can grab to boost and accelerate their own software engineering career. Hosted by Daniel Boaitey - reach out on LinkedIn

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    Daniel Boaitey
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