Amy Unger

Mistakes as a Service Provider | I type for a living at GitHub ๐Ÿ™ | ex-Heroku ๐Ÿ’œ | ex-Getty Images ๐Ÿ“ธ | she & her
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Less-obvious advice for going on leave
9 Dec 2021 | original โ†—

Life happens and work needs to take a backseat for a while.

On Doubt
9 Dec 2021 | original โ†—

There is an emotional toll that comes with being constantly unsure and frequently wrong. How you handle that can define whether you are a good influence on your coworkers.

My team is too senior. How am I supposed to be promoted?
24 Mar 2021 | original โ†—

I love talking to people about their careers and Iโ€™ve been hearing a couple variations from different levels of folks saying โ€œHow am I supposed to be able to get promoted when there are so many folks at my level?โ€ Perhaps there arenโ€™t enough spots working on the hot new project. Perhaps there are not enough projects to lead. Perhaps itโ€™s that...

6 things I learned interviewing for Staff positions
16 Sept 2020 | original โ†—

I recently completed an either 9 month or 2 month search for a new job, looking for Staff-level engineering positions for the first time in my career. I live-snarked much of the process on Twitter and heard that was helpful to some folks who are also thinking about starting their first Staff-level search. Some reasons this blog post may not be...

How I operated as a Staff engineer at Heroku
10 Sept 2020 | original โ†—

I was incredibly lucky to spend 5 amazing years at Heroku. By the end of my time, I was operating in a Staff capacity, although Iโ€™m honestly completely unclear which titles at Salesforce actually map to Staff.

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