How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
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Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#2Politics is inescapable. Software engineers can't live outside of them. Whether these are the team politics, org politics, etc.
I don't think engineers are universality bad/good at politics. It's just like anything else, takes practice.
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#3Politics is inescapable. Software engineers can't live outside of them. Whether these are the team politics, org politics, etc. I don't think engineers are universality bad/good at politics. It's just like anything else, takes practice.
There's a way out. Build your own company and make it something beneath you.
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#4Yeah, this approach largely works.
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#5Politics is inescapable. Software engineers can't live outside of them. Whether these are the team politics, org politics, etc. I don't think engineers are universality bad/good at politics. It's just like anything else, takes practice.
There's a way out. Build your own company and make it something beneath you.
If you have other people working at your company or investors, politics will come into play.
It's rare to have a CEO that can decide things 100% by themselves and still retain talented employees. It's also super rare to have investors with zero desire to determine a company's direction.
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#6Politics is inescapable. Software engineers can't live outside of them. Whether these are the team politics, org politics, etc. I don't think engineers are universality bad/good at politics. It's just like anything else, takes practice.
There's a way out. Build your own company and make it something beneath you.
On that level, there are other policies.
Politics in standards bodies, industrial organisations, regulatory issues, funding and investment, etc
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#7Politics is inescapable. Software engineers can't live outside of them. Whether these are the team politics, org politics, etc. I don't think engineers are universality bad/good at politics. It's just like anything else, takes practice.
I am a solo founder literally to avoid ever having to deal with politics and video calls.
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#8Politics is inescapable. Software engineers can't live outside of them. Whether these are the team politics, org politics, etc. I don't think engineers are universality bad/good at politics. It's just like anything else, takes practice.
There's a way out. Build your own company and make it something beneath you.
When I've reported to founders they were front and center in the politics (which is probably how it should be).
Becoming a career CEO might be a way out, though.
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#9Where is the influence?
Re: How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
#10Politics is inescapable. Software engineers can't live outside of them. Whether these are the team politics, org politics, etc. I don't think engineers are universality bad/good at politics. It's just like anything else, takes practice.
I am a solo founder literally to avoid ever having to deal with politics and video calls.
amen brother :)