I’m a mid level senior/lead. I have led teams as large as 6 engineers for 5 years while working as IC on long term projects (6-12 months delivery). I’m paid a fair amount ($400K total comp).
But I don’t really see how I can progress any further. Leaving my company it doesn’t seem possible to find a better role. I am remote full time and my company is staying that way.
All other jobs that could pay similarly and be remote full time either require doing LeetCode nonsense, or having an unreasonable amount of skills.
What do I do ? I’m a product engineer focused on the backend. I figure out how to turn features/ideas and make them actually work for our customers, both design and coding wise. I don’t specialize in any framework or technology. Or directly use infrastructure, as it’s all abstracted for us so we can write code to production as fast as possible.
Most job openings I see want candidates who are full stack (not me), and have experience with tools like AWS or Kubernetes, etc.
How do I find a way to move forward without being stuck to my current company ? I don’t want to leave but who knows what could happen in a year from now.
Is there some kind of paid CS career coach I could consult with who could tell me what to do?
What’s my goal ? I want to be able to be hireable at equivalent companies to mine that pay me more or the same with same or more responsibility? And let me be a manager and an IC at the same time.
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r/cscareerquestions I’m a mid level senior/lead. I have led teams as large as 6 engineers for 5 years while working as IC on long term projects (6-12 months delivery). I’m paid a fair amount ($400K total comp). But I don’t really see how I can progress any further. Leaving my company it doesn’t seem possible to find a better role. I am remote full time and my company is staying that way. All other jobs that could pay similarly and be remote full time either require doing LeetCode nonsense, or having an unreasonable amount of skills. What do I do ? I’m a product engineer focused on the backend. I figure out how to turn features/ideas and make them actually work for our customers, both design and coding wise. I don’t specialize in any framework or technology. Or directly use infrastructure, as it’s all abstracted for us so we can write code to production as fast as possible. Most job openings I see want candidates who are full stack (not me), and have experience with tools like AWS or Kubernetes, etc. How do I find a way to move forward without being stuck to my current company ? I don’t want to leave but who knows what could happen in a year from now. Is there some kind of paid CS career coach I could consult with who could tell me what to do? What’s my goal ? I want to be able to be hireable at equivalent companies to mine that pay me more or the same with same or more responsibility? And let me be a manager and an IC at the same time. submitted by /u/jacquesroland [link] [comments]
I’m a mid level senior/lead. I have led teams as large as 6 engineers for 5 years while working as IC on long term projects (6-12 months delivery). I’m paid a fair amount ($400K total comp).
But I don’t really see how I can progress any further. Leaving my company it doesn’t seem possible to find a better role. I am remote full time and my company is staying that way.
All other jobs that could pay similarly and be remote full time either require doing LeetCode nonsense, or having an unreasonable amount of skills.
What do I do ? I’m a product engineer focused on the backend. I figure out how to turn features/ideas and make them actually work for our customers, both design and coding wise. I don’t specialize in any framework or technology. Or directly use infrastructure, as it’s all abstracted for us so we can write code to production as fast as possible.
Most job openings I see want candidates who are full stack (not me), and have experience with tools like AWS or Kubernetes, etc.
How do I find a way to move forward without being stuck to my current company ? I don’t want to leave but who knows what could happen in a year from now.
Is there some kind of paid CS career coach I could consult with who could tell me what to do?
What’s my goal ? I want to be able to be hireable at equivalent companies to mine that pay me more or the same with same or more responsibility? And let me be a manager and an IC at the same time.
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