An interview with my friend and colleague Rafael Del Nero about my career and my advice on how to become a Principal Software Engineer.
In this interview we explore his story and experience to become a principal engineer. We also talk about strategies and tactics to help you on your journey to the principal level!
We talked about:
- Clarity, how did Luciano become a principal engineer, did he have a plan for that?
- What are the most important technologies to focus on to become a principal engineer?
- What are the 3 soft skills you think it’s the most important to become a principal?
- What are the main responsibilities of a principal engineer?
- What a senior engineer should do/behave to become a principal engineer?
- What are your daily routines? Do you practice every day a new technology?
- What is the approach of a principal software engineer with problems at work?
- What are your career goals for the next 5 years?