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You can’t have that because those places do not exist at scale. Smaller companies do not have the resources for growth and large companies simply do not care ab
by koolba 3y ago
You can’t have that because those places do not exist at scale. Smaller companies do not have the resources for growth and large companies simply do not care about you. You’ll cap out at the small shop, and you’ll become a predictable line item in a spreadsheet at the big shop.
It’s fine to stay where you are. Stick around, know the place inside out, embrace the culture, be the culture!
But, if the goal is to maximize take home pay, the answer is to regularly find a new workplace. That’s the only way to maintain an annualized compensation growth rate that exceeds inflation.
- aprdm 3y agothat's wrong in so many levels, once you're director+ or staff+ it's very unlikely that you will make more money moving rather than going deeper
- scarface_74 3y agoYes and if you’re six foot five+ and can play basketball well you should choose to play for the best basketball team.
- xvector 3y agoDo you have any guides/tips on how to get to Director+/Staff+?
- aprdm 3y agoStay in a company for long enough time to get the experience required :) There's a lot of books on it, "Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond .." is a good one (more towards Staff rather than Mgr/Director). I rarely see people being hired at those levels, it's usually people from within the org that gets promoted with time.