Refactoring Your Role: An Engineer’s Guide to Career Development

I recently spoke at the TechTalks@Foursquare event in Belgrade on the topic of Career Development for Engineers.

The specific model presented here is at times “Silicon Valley specific,” but tried to make it flexible enough that one could apply it at any company.

Here’s the abstract:

In this talk, you will learn how to think about your career trajectory and approach it like a software engineering problem. We pull back the curtain on common industry practices like review and promotions, career ladders, and some techniques to help you navigate it all by working smarter, not harder.