Staff Testing Roles - As Inspired By The "Staff Engineer" Book
10th March 2022
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Jesper Ottosen
Senior Advisory Consultant
Talk Description
This book has made a huge impact on the understanding of my own role - I am not a manager, but a high-level individual contributor.
A Staff role - in the terms of the book. With the lessons and stories from the book, I understand better a leadership career path besides the management track.
A staff-level testing role is often leading delivery teams, critical projects, or internal improvements activities without having formal leadership.
From the stories of similar staff engineers, I can understand elements of leading change around alignment with corporate strategy and presenting to management, among other things.
By the end of this session, you'll be able to:
- Learn what a staff role is
Jesper has been around the MoT community from the start, frequently passing by the Club and Slack. For more than 10 years he has provided 300+ blogposts on all things testing. 🌻
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