The One Tip to Faster Promotions That No One Is Telling You

I’m delighted to share this guest post from my friend, Gilad Naor . His engineering career includes management roles at Meta and Amazon. He has invaluable knowledge to share about engineering leadership. And he’s a fantastic writer too.

As you advance in your career, you need to level up your approach to promotions. And in this post, Gilad shares some excellent advice on how to do that.

Okay, we will not move forward with a promotion this half. Gilad, let Peter [not his real name] know the gaps that we highlighted today. We’ll see where he stands in another half.

That’s the message my Senior Director told me at the end of a promotion review meeting. I was disappointed, but hardly surprised. Staff+ promotions rarely go smoothly the first time. Stepping out of the room, I paused to reflect on whether I could have coached Peter so that he’d land the promotion this cycle? The answer was a clear yes. It was also clear that it would have been the wrong thing to do.

Because Staff+ level promotions are different.

Part of what makes them different is that the engineer needs to own more of their growth.

In this post, I will share some tips and tricks you can use to get your next promotion, faster. For context, I was a manager at Meta and Amazon. Since then I have coached hundreds of managers and staff level engineers at the top companies. I can help.

Danny Ocean and His Team

In the 2001 remake of Ocean’s 11, Danny Ocean, played by George Clooney, plans to run an impossible heist. He plans to rob three of the most well-guarded casinos, the Bellagio, Mirage, and the MGM Grand, all at the same time. Danny assembles a team of experts, and together they accomplish the unthinkable.

The first mistake engineers aiming for Staff promotions make is that they go at it alone. They might even have a conversation with their manager about it, but not much beyond it. To grow rapidly, you must build your own team.

What does a promo team look like?

Want to learn more about building your promo team? Read the full article:

https://www.besidescode.com/p/the-one-tip-to-faster-promotions