15. You don’t need to be a manager to grow
Intern
Software
Engineer
Software
Engineer II
Sr. Software
Engineer
Engineering
Manager
Staff Software
Engineer
Director
Principle
Engineer
VP
Individual Contributor
(IC) Ladder
23. Director of Engineering
● Leads multiple big teams
● Leads long term technical and business solutions
across the teams
● Able to create high performing team of Sr EMs or
EMs
24. Vice President of Engineering
● Leads teams across multiple domains each with
their unique processes, priorities, and modes of
operation
● Charts the future of the company
● The job is no longer the “what”
25. Chief Technical Officer
● Very different in every company
● Aligns the engineering organisation with the rest
of the orgs
● Able to create high performing team of VPs
● Responsible for all things tech
37. Thank you! Q&A
Nikolay Stoitsev
Engineering Manager at Halo DX
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