July 01, 2021
What are the possibilities for senior engineers and their career paths?
Time for a change
I’d just been promoted to Senior Engineering Manager, but had a nagging feeling something was amiss. Staring at the career ladder for my organization, I knew I’d need to become ‘more strategic’ to make the transition to Director – a magical quality measured primarily by the ability to set technical strategy and influence management peers to march our teams in a common direction.
But how could I be sure of my chosen strategic direction if I hadn’t written a line of code in at least 12 months, and was perpetually drained from dealing with everything but the code? My empathetic side couldn’t face the thought of having to write another performance review.
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July 01, 2021
