Will Larson Reflects on Staff Engineer

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan are joined by Will Larson, author of Staff Engineer! The first ten listeners to tag Book Overflow on LinkedIn and share a link to this interview will receive a free copy of Will's new book, Crafting Engineering Strategy! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Carter https://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1 Nathan https://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2 or work with Nathan through his consulting practice, rojoroboto. Book Overflow Listeners get 10% off their first engagement https://rojoroboto.com/bookoverflow -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Staff Engineer by Will Larson https://amzn.to/4k7ZaPi (Paid Link) ---------------- 00:00 Intro 01:44 Interview with Will Larson 05:00 Anti-patterns - Snacking, Pining, and Chasing Ghosts 18:42 Navigating Senior Roles and Finding Sponsors 36:26 Developing Intuition and Running Migrations 48:47 Writing Staff Engineer - Stories and Archetypes 58:45 Book Recommendations and Closing --- Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5L Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325 X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpod Carter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan Nathan's newsletter https://rojoroboto.com/newletter --- Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week! The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io