Career development

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3 Career Killers for Software Engineers

  1. Not thinking clearly about staying or leaving

    • Considerations: 1. Manager 2. Pay
    • Sure, that hop could increase your compensation but you could be leaving a good team and moving to something worse.
    • If you’re in a bad environment, don’t believe promises but watch the management’s actions to see if they’re actually dealing with the root problem.
    • Ultimately, if you’re in a good spot, don’t throw it all away. You’ll only recognize your golden ages from hindsight.

  2. Preferring Output Over Impact

    • Finding task that differentiate yourself.
    • Finding a meaningful refactor that prevents future bugs is better than routinely integrating package updates.
      Great to have a nose for outsized impact.

  3. Get Your Money Right

    Time in the market is better than timing in the market.

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Three Things Preventing Your Promotion to Senior Engineer

Universal Trait

  1. Technically deep and delivers

  2. Rejects hyperbolic discounting

  3. Expert time manager

  4. By growing others nearby

Pitfall

  1. Over-indexes on delivery and tech depth

  2. conflates leadership with management

  3. Unsustainable time management

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