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You're already a senior dev - now what?
The three paths will guide you in the ride
Mar 11
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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Jorge Castaño
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3 Steps To Demonstrate You Are Up For Staff Engineer Role
Act as the role you pursuit, and then the promotion will come
Jan 28
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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Promotion Via Making Your Work Visible
Said this many times: Make your work visible
Oct 29, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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How to Become a Staff Engineer: 5 Signals That Matter
Concrete behaviours and evidence you can start building this sprint.
Oct 22, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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Make your work visible: Help other Software Engineers
Helping people, you maximize your impact
Oct 1, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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Make your work visible: Tell people what you achieve
How would they know otherwise?
Sep 24, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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Make your work visible: Participate in technical meetings
You need people to turn around and see you
Sep 17, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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The Concrete Path to Tech Leadership
Focused, measurable practices for senior engineers aiming for staff engineer or tech lead responsibilities
Sep 3, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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How can you tell your work at a company is basically DONE?
And Exit on the Right Terms
Jun 25, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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Are you chained to your job role?
Is it really possible to act as Staff Engineer without officially having the role?
May 28, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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Your Engineering Team Just Met Data. Now What?
Engineering and Data Scientists teams meet, what can go wrong?
Apr 30, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
and
Jose Parreño Garcia
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5 Aspects to Shape a Tech Lead
Recap on what to focus for promoting to Tech Lead
Mar 26, 2025
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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭
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