The Ruby on Rails Podcast

Episode 464: What Being a Staff Developer Means at Shopify with Rose Wiegley

Apr 5, 2023

35:08

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

RubyConf Mini: The First Time I Ever Keynoted Anything

2min

Ruby Conf Mini: A Technical Keynote

3min

The Importance of Titles in Software Development

3min

Miro: A Digital Whiteboard for Engineering Workflows

2min

How to Use Your Title to Encourage Others to Take Up More Space

2min

What It Means to Be a Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify

3min

How to Measure Your Impact as a Staff Engineer

2min

Have You Thought About Failure Handling?

2min

10.

Honey Badger: The Best Platform for Uptime Monitoring

2min

11.

How Much Code Should a Staff Engineer Write?

3min

12.

Letting Go of Your Legos

2min

13.

How to Onboard Your New Team

3min

14.

How to Onboard a Staff Engineer

2min

15.

The Future of Ruby and Rails

3min

Rose Wiegley is a Senior Staff Developer on Shopify’s Payments and Risk team. Jemma is solo hosting today as she interviews Rose about her thoughts on being a staff engineer at Shopify, keynoting at RubyConf Mini and her recent team switch at Shopify.

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