3min chapter

Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers cover image

Edpisode 515: Swizec Teller on Becoming a Senior Engineer

Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

CHAPTER

Adding Engineers to Late Projects Makes the Project Even Later

In one of your block posts, you have said a seneior engineer works as a force multiplier. Can you expand on this? Yes. Force multipliers are the kind of people that you put on a team and they make everyone around them work better,. perform at a higher level. They make the whole team just better at delivering projects, at delivering work. What often happens with senior engineer is that the kind of problems you're solving start outgrowing the amount of work you can do yourself. A single engineer is never going to be able to deliver a softwerd project - like an operating system or a modern web ap.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode