Episode 403: Graham Gilbert on the Path to Staff Engineer

Career progression in IT can feel a bit unclear at times. Start as a Helpdesk, get to be a CPE, what happens next? How does development actually work? What do most organizations do to tier their people? How do you move up as an individual contributor? We’re talking with Graham Gilbert of Airbnb about what it’s like to move up toward the rarified air of staff engineer and beyond.

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, CTO, I.M.P. Concerts – @tbridge@theinternet.social
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Sales Engineer, Jamf – @marcusransom

Guests:

• Graham Gilbert, Senior Tech Lead Manager, Airbnb – LinkedIn

Links:

• Eisenhower Matrix: https://asana.com/resources/eisenhower-matrix

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