Daniel Boaitey

The Staff Plus Journey

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The Staff Plus Journey digs into the career stories of staff plus engineers - unlocking gems of learning that listeners can grab to boost and accelerate their own software engineering career. Hosted by Daniel Boaitey - reach out on LinkedIn

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Daniel Boaitey

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Thinking Bigger as a Software Engineer | Joy Ebertz @ Imprint, ex-Microsoft, Box, Split 22.05.2026 53:28

Episode 3: Joy shares her journey from MIT to becoming a Principal Engineer and we dive into what it really means to “think bigger” as an engineer, how staff+ engineers create impact across organizations, what it takes to navigate a big migration, excelling as a woman in tech and much more! Reach out at http://linkedin.com/in/dboaitey or leave a comment! Survivorship Bias Plane Image Thinking Bigg...

Hidden Laws of Software Engineering | Sean Goedecke @ Github, Ex-Zendesk 06.03.2026 55:10

Welcome to episode 2! In this conversation with Sean, we dive into what actually matters inside engineering organizations, how to build strong relationships with managers, and why understanding the business is critical for career growth. - Software engineers should be a little bit cynical– Sean Goedecke - Generic Good Stuff - Randall Koutnik - How I got promoted to staff engineer twice – Sean Goed...

Becoming a Problem Finder | Randall Koutnik @ Linear, Ex-Netflix, Jellyfish, Slack 30.01.2026 56:27

Welcome to episode 1! Enjoy this conversation with Randall, where we chatted about career growth as an engineer, leveraging open source experience, having a public presence and so much more! Reach out at linkedin.com/in/dboaitey or leave a comment! Show notes/links below or here: https://danieldrumma.github.io/pod-site/episode.html?slug=getting-started Show Notes Randall's LinkedIn Paul Graham on...