In 2020, GitHub promoted me from Senior to Staff Engineer. This title and role seems commonplace and well understood at some technology companies but unknown and unused at many others.| Mike McQuaid
I’ve been very lucky to have some great mentors and mentees in my time at GitHub. Through weekly 1:1s with @seejohnrun explaining to me what a staff engineer should (and should not) be doing I was able to get the role and (hopefully!) do a reasonable job at it. Currently, I’m lucky to have regular mentorship from @eileencodes who guides me on how to think about the most important work I could be doing and avoid pitfalls that I would not otherwise have seen.| Mike McQuaid
For a role as crucial as Leadership, there is a shocking lack of required training on the topic. Combined with a tremendous collection of impenetrable literature, leadership is an essential skill learned on the job. The Rands Leadership Slack (“RLS”) exists to help longtime, new, and aspiring leader| Rands in Repose