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At most technology companies, you'll reach Senior software engineer, the career level for software engineers, in five to eight years. At the career level, your company's career ladder won't require that you work towards the next promotion; being promoted further is an exception rather than expected. This is also when…

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With his success at Uber, Stripe, and Calm, Will Larson is probably one of the best-known and current senior engineering leaders writing clear and well-researched advice on developer careers.

StaffEng brings together senior individual contributors from across the industry and strings together the best of their advice. In particular, Will’s elaboration of the 4 types of Staff Engineer is the first time this has been spelled out anywhere on the internet.

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