[262] [Reading] Week 11 - On Being A Senior Engineer
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Participants engage with career development through John Allspaw's influential piece on engineering maturity.
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Notes
Due: April 20, 2026
Reading: "On Being A Senior Engineer" by John Allspaw (~20 min, worth it)
Why this week: As graduation approaches for many, this piece offers a vision of technical leadership that goes far beyond code.
Discussion prompts:
- Which aspects of "mature engineering" have you developed this semester?
- What surprised you about this definition of seniority?
See content/reference_shelf.md for additional readings.
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