The Staff Engineer's Path
Software Development
Book Details
Book Title
The Staff Engineer's Path
Author
Tanya Reilly
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc
Publication Date
2022
ISBN
9781098118730
Number of Pages
359
Language
English
Format
File Size
8.9MB
Subject
software development
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I. The Big Picture
- Chapter 1. What Would You Say You Do Here?
- What Even Is a Staff Engineer?
- Enough Philosophy. What’s My Job?
- Understanding Your Role
- Aligning on Scope, Shape, and Primary Focus
- To Recap
- Chapter 2. Three Maps
- Uh, Did Anyone Bring a Map?
- The Locator Map: Getting Perspective
- The Topographical Map: Navigating the Terrain
- The Treasure Map: Remind Me Where We’re Going?
- Your Personal Journey
- To Recap
- Chapter 3. Creating the Big Picture
- The Scenario: SockMatcher Needs a Plan
- What’s a Vision? What’s a Strategy?
- The Approach
- The Writing
- The Launch
- Case Study: SockMatcher
- To Recap
- Part II. Execution
- Chapter 4. Finite Time
- Doing All the Things
- Time
- Resource Constraints
- Choosing Projects
- To Recap
- Chapter 5. Leading Big Projects
- The Life of a Project
- The Start of a Project
- Driving the Project
- To Recap
- Chapter 6. Why Have We Stopped?
- The Project Isn’t Moving—Should It Be?
- You’re Lost
- You Have Arrived…Somewhere?
- To Recap
- Part III. Leveling Up
- Chapter 7. You’re a Role Model Now (Sorry)
- What Does It Mean to Do a Good Job?
- Be Competent
- Be Responsible
- Remember the Goal
- Look Ahead
- To Recap
- Chapter 8. Good Influence at Scale
- Good Influence
- Advice
- Teaching
- Guardrails
- Opportunity
- To Recap
- Chapter 9. What’s Next?
- Your Career
- Your Current Role
- Paths from Here
- Prepare to Reset
- Your Choices Matter
- To Recap
- Index
- About the Author