Why Have Archetypes?

Growing from junior (L3) to senior (L5) is largely foundational. This stops being the case when you get to staff. This lesson teaches you:

• What staff engineer archetypes are and how they help conceptualize the path to staff
• How to quickly and easily understand what each staff engineer archetype does
• A framework you can use to learn from the staff engineers in your team, particularly with what archetype they embody

Learn more about Talk & Observe:

• Rahul's dedicated YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV0nvusnqT4
• From the onboarding course: https://www.jointaro.com/course/the-complete-onboarding-guide-for-software-engineers-succeeding-when-youre-new/the-talk-and-observe-framework/