Re:The other kind of staff software engineer
by OJFord on Friday May 13, 2022 @05:51PM
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That's not necessarily (and probably isn't) sad, I can think of two general reasons for that to happen and it not be a problem:
- Growth, e.g. trivially everyone at a company that's yet to turn a profit
- Critical but not revenue-generating function
I mean basically that's 'line' and 'staff' from OP (but for line the subset of companies/teams that isn't profitable yet). The latter being a 'cost centre'.
If you don't like it ('what's sad is') then the article might be a useful approach/line of thought when looking for your next role - i.e. a 'line' job (at a profitable company on a team working on the profitable thing).
- Growth, e.g. trivially everyone at a company that's yet to turn a profit
- Critical but not revenue-generating function
I mean basically that's 'line' and 'staff' from OP (but for line the subset of companies/teams that isn't profitable yet). The latter being a 'cost centre'.
If you don't like it ('what's sad is') then the article might be a useful approach/line of thought when looking for your next role - i.e. a 'line' job (at a profitable company on a team working on the profitable thing).