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> You built and shipped a critical service for a (larger) org. > You wrote a famous tool > You contribute to a popular open source tool > You wrote a book that
by apwell23 2y ago
> You built and shipped a critical service for a (larger) org.
> You wrote a famous tool
> You contribute to a popular open source tool
> You wrote a book that is often mentioned
all this will brand you as 'super nerd' and limit your career earning potential unless you are planning to become a principal engineer at google . don't be know for nerdy shit.
- esafak 2y agoA principal engineer at Google lives comfortably. If you don't want to get into the business side of things, what better can you do?
- apwell23 2y agomost ppl have near zero chance of getting to principal engineer at google. but getting to mediocre paper pushing managment job is achievable for most .