I&#x27;m trying to get a sense of what people are striving for at various stages of their software engineering careers.<p>Location:<p>Title:<p>Years SE Experience:<p>Next Move: (do X so that I can Y)<p>-- I&#x27;ll go first --<p>Location: San Francisco<p>Title: Software Engineer<p>Years Exp: 4<p>Next Move: Build my technical expertize and &quot;brand&quot; through meaningful open-source contributions, blogging, and speaking at conferences (thought leadership) so that I can deepen my technical skills by working with the best people and attract better job opportunities at a higher level of contribution or have confidence that I could be my own start-up CTO.
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