Staff Testing Roles - As Inspired By The "Staff Engineer" Book

10 Mar 2022
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Jesper Ottosen

Senior Advisory Consultant

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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 Ottosen
Senior Advisory Consultant
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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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