Steve
@sdv.eth
As a developer I feel my career advancement stagnating in its current trajectory. This feels silly to ask, but is there merit to obtaining a masters degree as a software/design engineer to get to staff level one day? My gut says experience and street cred matter way more but I'm curious what others think of the ROI.
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jtgi
@jtgi
Never seen that as a factor at bay area type companies. I've seen it as a counter indicator in some hiring loops: "this is probably someone who draws diagrams instead of actually getting shit done...get good signal on that" The staff engineers I know are either deeply technical in some domain or able to lead large technical efforts across multiple teams. And often both. They also often have a solid understanding of how the business works (p&l, opex, etc).
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jtgi
@jtgi
what you think @martinamps?
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