Why You're Not Getting Promoted To Senior (ex-Amazon Principal)

[@randxalthor]

Owning problems is such a great point. Some of the best advice I've gotten was from an engineering vp that recommended bringing 3 potential solutions and 1 recommendation when asking for your boss to help you solve a problem.

[@raghavddps2]

This is such great advise!

[@ydairy]

In this context, would the one recommendation be another potential solution that you feel stongly about? Or is it just something else that can help the team/company?

[@kubectldelete]

The main things holding me back are anxiety/depression but i will definitely come back to this video once i'm in a better state. Seems like really good advice.

[@shpluk]

This is absolutely true, the best way to get promoted is to stop giving a shit. We usually worry about insignificant stuff anyway. Most of the deadlines are lines in sand, as long as you move them correctly and enough time in advance nobody will be mad at you. ))

[@akhilvyas9908]

love the videos. Video Request - How to plan 30-60-90 days in your new job at a new company and succeed.

[@puopg]

What resonated with me in this was the idea of "guide, then let go". Even when you know you could just tell someone exactly what to do, or know that later on, someone's implementation won't be sustainable, letting it go is one of the hardest things to do. At least for me. But its true, the same way that I grew by being allowed to fail, make mistakes, and then level up, you have to give others that opportunity.

[@skyhappy]

You still need to check in at the proper interval and make sure they are on the right track. Some juniors keep silently going at it and don't know when to ask for help.

[@vippy40]

In my company for the last 12 months I've been chasing feedback just to realise that there's no actual progression framework nor is there consensus about what progession looks like as product has a keen grip on the entire business and is aiming to keep R&D progression flat. Prior business to which I commited another year would not promote because regardless of your peformance level an increase in on paper responsibilities must mean an increase in salary. Your own personal development rarely does ever matter. It's all business internal politics and if your organisation does not have supports in place 90% of the advice is not even aplicable to begin with.

[@obaid5761]

That's unfortunate. It doesn't sound like there is much structure for employee growth where you are currently. Might be a sign that you need to change company.

[@Zergbit]

This seems an issue of the particular environment around you and not the advice in the video. Like the other comment said perhaps the best path is to look for a job that meets your ambitions of career growth.

[@Neonb88]

As usual, very valuable content from a productive, real world, and experienced dev

[@tammyhong123]

In your example, I think David also made the mistake of not getting his manager feedbacks before going to his skip. His manager could have nudged him to think about the solution, implement and track results months before the promotion doc.

[@EclipsedAscent]

I appreciate you Steve.

[@0e0]

The gist of this is useful for careers outside of tech too

[@DK-ox7ze]

I recently joined big tech as senior engineer and my skip told me that I am not performing at my level. Please do a video on how to perform at senior engineer? Also, what do you think is a practical timeline for matching expectations after joining a new FAANG company as Senior engineer?

[@ALifeEngineered]

First step is to be very clear about what the expectations are from your manager. Many people don't ask their managers directly about what they expect, sounds like this is you.

[@DK-ox7ze]

@@ALifeEngineered My manager gave the company handbook which describes responsibilities at senior level, which are general guidelines. I was also told that I should be driving things end to end, have more context, and depth. I believe all this takes time because there are many large teams involved, the code base is large, many tools, processes, etc. In all my 1:1s I am told what some form of this but nothing in terms of concrete, clear actionable items. I am scared to ask specifics because I don't want to seem like I need to be spoon-fed. I was also told to build my "image" amongst my peers.

[@atift5465]

​@DK-ox7ze i was in your shoes just a few days ago. Im also a senior and had much anxiety and felt that I was underperforming. Dont let the stress get to you. I would schedule a meeting with your manager and understand objective expectations and actionable items. Do your best to perform what they're saying. Meanwhile, try to set up meetings with SMEs that can explain you the system architecture, APIs, crucial database entities, 3rd party tools and data flow so you have better understanding of the system and have better foundations to tackle tasks and solve problems individually.

[@lolitzshelly7229]

Thank you for this video. I’ve tried for a senior promo without much guidance and I think I instead harmed my relationship with my manager. Trying again feels like it’ll trigger some trauma, so I settled with just being a high performer in my current role. I’ll try to implement the pieces in this video and try again next time. 😊

[@ALifeEngineered]

There's a video in my 5 essential frameworks that addresses the managerial relationship check it out.

[@lolitzshelly7229]

@@ALifeEngineered thanks for the reply! I will check it out!

[@Xoltris]

I’m on my second manager in the last 6 months, will be getting a third soon, any advice for keeping the promotion momentum up during these transitions?

[@ALifeEngineered]

Document everything. Ask the outgoing manager to provide the new manager as much context as possible about you.

[@elhadramyoubeid3911]

Glass ceiling can explain 90% of not being promoted. The rest 10% you have all the other factors 99% are subjective. So the actual performance represents a tiny bit as they are mostly misunderstood.

[@snicu1]

I don't get it. If the videos are free, why not post them on KZbin? Why do I need to go to an website, and fill out my name and email?

[@kda_16]

It's a funnel He is getting hot leads and their contact details. There is no free stuff - you exchange your data for this information. It's not bad at all. It's pretty fair for the well quality content

[@randomusername793]

There’s more to life than corporate ladder climbing, people.

[@One-qb6yv]

Dude this is like going to the cinema and say "there is more to life than just watching movies" or going to the gym and saying "there is more to life than the gym".. the guy is just targeting a nieche if u dont feel like focusing on this nieche currently just dont be here lol

[@randomusername793]

@@One-qb6yv typical.

[@supermarkethobo9567]

I can't get promoted because I can't get a job lmao

[@Neonb88]

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right”, Henry Ford

[@shpluk]

Common man you are out of the corporate cage you can talk like a normal person now. Why?? cross-functional projects, "outside of current visibility" 🤮, giving talks?? Who gives talks? In personal experience the best way to waste time of a dozen engineers is give them an hour talk about 10 minute youtube video or a minute blog post