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spwa4 on Nov 9, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Is a Staff Engineer?

The joke goes that it's a natural, unstoppable progression towards the end.

Engineer

Engineer 2

Senior Engineer

Staff Engineer (You would not part an old man from his walking stick, would you?)

Senior staff (now it's getting bad)

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