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Staff+ or Engineering Manager? The IC-vs-EM Fork

Senior engineer career-fork simulation. Audit code-time vs people-time energy, diligence the real Staff and EM roles at your company, run two future-self conversations, and make the decision with explicit scaffolding conditions.

4 rounds Executive English, Español
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Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 4 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Writing production code
  • Designing systems and writing RFCs
  • Debugging production incidents
  • One-on-ones with direct reports
  • Performance reviews and calibration
  • Hiring and interviewing
  • Clarity on Staff role at your company (1 low — 10 high)
  • Clarity on EM role at your company (1 low — 10 high)
  • Your estimate: % code-time as a Staff Engineer (0-100)
  • Your estimate: % code-time as an Engineering Manager (0-100)

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Rate each activity
  • Diligence the real roles at your company
  • Future-self conversations
  • Director conversation — choose the path

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Future of Work.

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