InStaff ThinkingbyManoj Ramakrishnan·Oct 25Deep vs. Broad: Are We Measuring Staff+ Engineering Impact Correctly?Understanding different styles of Staff+ engineering impact is essential to embracing diverse technical strengths, avoiding career-growth…
InThe Direct ReportbyNathan Harlow·Aug 26My 5 Tells That I’m Building Your Promotion CaseWhen I think someone may be ready, I change the work they own, the leaders who see it, and the evidence I gather before deciding whether…
Ricardo Bedin·Aug 12Being a Staff Engineer at Stripe in 2026I’ve been at Stripe now for 2.5 years, and back when I joined I wrote this post that got quite a bit of traction. I think it's time to…A response icon13A response icon13
Shantaram Kokate | Gojek·May 26Agoda Staff iOS Engineer Interview Experience — Strong Technical Rounds, Great Discussions, and Key…Round 1 — The HackerRank Technical Assessment
Arvind Kumar·Apr 23System Design Deep Dive Framework (MVP → Scale → AI Integration)Recently, I published 10 system design question with focus on AI integration. Before diving deep into each one, I thought of sharing the…A response icon1A response icon1
Hani hashemi·Apr 4I Read the Book “Staff Engineer” and Decided I Don’t Want to Be OneI just finished Will Larson’s Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track. It’s a great book. I highlighted a lot. And by the…
Pedro Savelis (@psavelis)·Mar 25I Stopped Arguing About “Why the Hell Did We Build It Like This?”Look, I’ve been the guy in the room more times than I care to count. Twenty years shipping everything from cross-border payment rails to…
Aakash Ratkal·Mar 22Staff Engineers: The Essential Layer Between Code and StrategyI still remember the meeting clearly.
Pedro Savelis (@psavelis)·Mar 21Why Staff+/Principal Engineers Are the Key (Not VCs or Hype Cycles)We shipped the “impossible” at Big Tech:
Erwin Hermanto·Feb 27Crafting Your “Staff Engineer” Narrative: How to Demonstrate Scope and Impact Beyond CodeI remember the exact moment I realized my promotion packet was garbage.
