Joy Ebertz

Dec 11, 2024 | infoq.com | Ben Linders |Joy Ebertz |Pablo Fredrikson

InfoQ Homepage Articles Virtual Panel: How to Become a Principal Engineer Write for InfoQ Feed your curiosity. Help 550k+ global senior developers each month stay ahead.Get in touch Transitioning to a principal engineer role requires a blend of technical expertise and leadership skills, focusing on both individual contributions and team dynamics. The key skills for aspiring principal engineers include strategic thinking, influencing others, and effective communication, alongside the ability...

Jun 17, 2024 | jkebertz.medium.com | Joy Ebertz

Adapted slightly from its original posting on the Split Blog In the staff+ circles that I frequent, I hear a lot of people talking about influence and influencing without authority. What I don't hear a lot about is aligning incentives. However, while directly convincing does come up, aligning incentives is often the most effective way to accomplish goals. Sometimes...

May 28, 2024 | leaddev.com | Blanca Garcia Gil |Joy Ebertz |Scott Triglia |Andrew Eacott

Last month we explored how to become a staff+ engineer. This month, we’ll be discussing how to promote to the next staff+ level in your organization. Navigating a career path for yourself can often be challenging, sprinkle the individual contributor track in the mix and the difficulty often increases.

Feb 16, 2024 | infoq.com | Joy Ebertz |Shane Hastie

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Joy Ebertz, a principal engineer at Split, about growing into a staff-plus role.

Jan 24, 2024 | jkebertz.medium.com | Joy Ebertz

Originally posted April 2023 on the Split Blog (with minor edits Jan 2024 by Joy specifically for this blog)There are many reasons you may want to split up a monolith. I’m not going to go into too much detail, but some of the more common reasons include wanting to be able to scale functionality separately, modularizing the codebase, and avoiding the noisy neighbor problem. No matter your reason or reasons for wanting to do so, the project is risky.