Context: I’m a senior manager for a unicorn startup. I spent the first half of my career as an software engineer, and co-wrote a technical book about some of th

Context: I’m a senior manager for a unicorn startup. I spent the first half of my career as an software engineer, and co-wrote a technical book about some of that work. I’ve been paid professionally to write C, Python, PHP, JavaScript, and Java, but FWIW I’ve never held the title “Staff Engineer”. Basically, I never imagined an article titled “yes, experience in a particular stack is probably material to your success at another company” would make for an interesting or even controversial take. (To be clear, I would and have hired many people with different $technology backgrounds. It’s not a blocker. But I wouldn’t dismiss it either.)