The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide For Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

I was recommended this book from a colleague, and it's very good. I have been in tech professionally for over 10 years, and learned many things from this book - and how to formulate what I already knew even better. 10/10, and i dont even like reading tech books usually!

The book itself is great intro for staff engineers and those who aspire to be one.However, the print quality is pretty bad. Text is just not as crisp, especially in places where it's bold. Maybe I got a bad copy.

I am a Senior Technical Artist in the Game Dev industry trying to figure out what is "the next step" for me as I don't want to go down the manager track. This book is THE BIBLE for individual contributors and a must-read for anyone - manager or IC - who care about their career in IT.

The content is definitely awesome.However, there are missing pages all over the place. As you can see in the video, pages 45-52, 69-76 are nowhere to be found, while some pages keep showing up repeatedly.I’ve only gone through the first chapters but have found too many problems, and more importantly, the content isn’t complete for anybody to read.

I ran a book discussion at work with a number of like minded co-workers. Everyone found it extremely valuable. Initially I didn't think lower level engineers would get anything out of it, but now I think developers of all levels should read it. It helped me by providing a framework against which I could evaluate my own position and career goals. We're taking a brief break for the summer, but will return to do a deeper dive on some of the chapters that resonated with us.