Omer van Kloeten
Omer is a veteran software engineer with a wide range of experience – be it leading technology, teams, or products – with his passion squarely in the Individual Contributor (IC) track. He’s been blogging for the past 20 years and has never given up a chance to teach, mentor, and learn from his fellow IC’s.
He was the first Staff Engineer working on WeWork’s Data Platform and has spent his past two years leading a central new product line as Principal Engineer at Forter, while helping shepherd the company’s architecture, and having a blast doing it.
How to better understand business context as a StaffPlus engineer
Learn to be aware of the overall needs of your organization to contextualize and prioritize your workload
Becoming a more self-directing Staff+ individual contributor
Being a Staff+ engineer can leave you feeling overwhelmed with duties that may sometimes fall completely outside of your perceived remit. What practices can mitigate these instances?