Ask HN: How long from junior to staff engineer?
For people who have the aptitude and motivation to climb the ranks of the engineering world, how long (on average) would it take from someone at age 22 to hit staff level? What work is involved here?
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Well, it’s mostly going to be experience to get you there - pattern recognition of “I’ve seen this type of problem before, here’s how we solved it then, and here’s the pros and cons of that solution”
Experience doesn’t always equate to time measured in years or even decades, but it does account for time in front of problems.
Experience doesn’t always equate to time measured in years or even decades, but it does account for time in front of problems.