Hacker News with Generative AI: Career Advancement

Most workers (75%) end up leaving before ever being promoted (fortune.com)
Employees who don't feel that they're advancing in their careers are more likely to leave.
How I got promoted to staff engineer twice (seangoedecke.com)
At the beginning of 2021, Zendesk promoted me to staff software engineer. At the end of 2021 I switched jobs from Zendesk to GitHub. In early 2023, GitHub promoted me to staff software engineer. Successfully going through the staff promotion process twice in two years was a pretty interesting experience, and I think it puts me in a good spot to talk about making the jump from senior to staff1.