Management

Absolutely nobody likes the hiring process. Not the managers hiring, not the recruitment people, and certainly not the candidates. Tech interviews are one of the worst parts of the process and are pretty much universally hated by the people taking them. We’ve all heard stories of people being asked comp sci questions about O(n) efficiency, only to connect APIs with basic middleware in their day job. I think the image below pretty much sums it up:...

I talk to many people who feel stuck at the mid-level and can’t break into senior/staff-level engineering roles. The chasm you need to cross widens with each role, so it gets harder and harder with each jump. Many places adopt an “up or out” strategy, meaning that you need to get to a senior-level role, which is seen as a “cruising altitude” role where you can stay indefinitely. I wouldn’t feel pressured by this if you’re a mid-level engineer....