Transition to Staff Engineer
Ilya shares his journey navigating the transition from hands-on work to management, highlighting the importance of complexity in the role of a staff engineer and the challenges of solving non-linear puzzles that involve technical, political, and interpersonal aspects within a company.In this clip
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