I'm currently working with a small group at my company to help forge a path and work with the system given to us to advance from entry level up into the higher positions. As a part of this exercise there are five people in our center and we were each hired as developers. Two of these people have become managers (due largely to an unfilled need), one is working toward Scrum Master, another toward Project Manager, and I'm working toward being an Architect. It was really helpful when we were able to sit down and discuss what the different directions open to us are and that conversation has actually been a tremendous morale boost for each of us that are in that central group. I would like to urge others to do similar exploration as to what roles exist in your company (and others) above your current position that you might be interested in.
Brian Rinaldi is a Developer Experience Engineer at LaunchDarkly with over 20 years experience as a developer for the web. Brian is active in the community running CFE.dev and Orlando Devs.
I'm currently working with a small group at my company to help forge a path and work with the system given to us to advance from entry level up into the higher positions. As a part of this exercise there are five people in our center and we were each hired as developers. Two of these people have become managers (due largely to an unfilled need), one is working toward Scrum Master, another toward Project Manager, and I'm working toward being an Architect. It was really helpful when we were able to sit down and discuss what the different directions open to us are and that conversation has actually been a tremendous morale boost for each of us that are in that central group. I would like to urge others to do similar exploration as to what roles exist in your company (and others) above your current position that you might be interested in.
Great advice! Thanks Corey.