Thriving on the Technical Leadership Path
I say ‘feasibly’ because often the upper end of career ladders for Independent Contributors (ICs) could be paraphrased as “we’ll know it when we see it”, which can leave those who haven’t sufficiently proven “it” in a frustrating limbo. I’ve worked very hard to become an engineer and I want to stay here. Developing prototypes to further explore and support ideas that come from that research.