Staff Engineer is the worst position.
20% salary bump, 100% expectations bump. t.co/K9B1BBk1zI
they don’t tell you this, but when you become a staff engineer they expect you to perform 1 miracle a year
Company & TeamJokes that staff engineer brings small pay bump and huge expectations.
What people said backOverwhelming agreement, mostly from people disputing the 20%: several replies said they got 10%, or nothing. Recurring themes were staff as scapegoat, managerial expectations without managerial power, and a contingent quietly staying senior on purpose.
Jori Lallo@jorilallo#2Sun, Sep 20 12:29pm ET
@Muse really needs access to t.co/nGqFlYREw9 (Notion is overkill)
Vs. Jira & OthersAgents & AIWants an AI tool to have a lightweight docs option instead of overkill Notion.
What people said back@brian_lovin deadpanned a spec for a notes app with API, CLI, MCP, structured metadata, collections and version history, i.e. describing Notion. Others pitched their own weekend projects and Mac-app workarounds.