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HOW I GOT PROMOTED AS A STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER

This article discusses how a senior frontend engineer and team lead decided to take on more responsibilities at their existing company and worked to get promoted as a staff software engineer. Before asking for more responsibilities, they demonstrated to their CTO that they were excelling at their current role. They then asked for more responsibility and then doubled down on their efforts and shipped more things. The engineer was eventually able to demonstrate undeniably that they were capable of working at a higher level than their current role and pushed for a promotion, which was granted.

AI ENGINEERS REPORT BURNOUT AND RUSHED ROLLOUTS AS 'RAT RACE' TO STAY COMPETITIVE HITS TECH INDUSTRY

Accelerated timelines, competition, and a lack of concern from superiors about real-world effects are themes common across a broad spectrum of the biggest effect companies. Engineers are increasingly saying that a large part of their jobs is focused on satisfying investors and not falling behind in the competition rather than solving actual problems for users. Some have been switched over to AI teams to help support fast-paced rollouts without adequate training, even if they are new to the technology. The immense pressure, long hours, and constantly changing mandates are causing burnout.

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