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Career paths for software engineers at large tech companies
Ethan Evans, a former Amazon VP, writing for Gergely Orosz's Pragmatic Engineer, on the actual paths available once you're a handful of years into a big-tech career, IC, management, and the several flavors in between, with the kind of specific, level-by-level detail that generic "career ladder" documentation never gives you. I recommend this to anyone who feels like they're supposed to have a five-year plan but nobody's ever explained what the actual forks in the road look like. A good companion piece to the Staff+ Engineer article already on this list.