[bradlys]

It's nice to see the resume listed out here. I did try to look you up on LinkedIn to maybe find out more (before writing my previous comment) - but found nothing.

For reference, I don't think you've jumped around a lot. I've had 5 different software engineering jobs in the 5 years I've been in the bay area. I moved to learn more, increase my pay, and hopefully find a rewarding environment. Still looking. Most everyone wants money, recognition, and control...

Do you think what the article wrote about is more important to your success (managing a standup act, mcdonalds, joining puppet) than the years that were not really mentioned? I wonder if maybe the person you were managed by, if the people who mentored you (if any), and what not were influential to your success and desire to push yourself out into conferences and making talks. I guess - I just wonder if your formative years of becoming a more senior software engineer meant nothing. Was it all just your own internal desires and no one would've influenced anything regardless and you were bound for whatever an L8 gets compensated?

[kelseyhightower]

I read it for the first time today like everyone else and love the way it turned out.

A lot of the technical stuff has been covered in other places. Tom pulled on a different thread, one that even taught me some things about myself. Tom did the homework, interviewed a lot of people, and presented the person behind the keyboard.

My current role does little to describe where I am today. The path for others will be different, and what I think is most important, beyond the technical achievements is the person I've become. The higher you go up in the engineering world the less you lean on the skills that got you there.

In my opinion the best engineer can change the world with zero lines of code.