Vercel VP: What Senior Engineers do Differently

Podcast: Beyond Coding · Patrick Akil

Opublikowano: 2026-07-15

What senior engineers do differently has less to do with output than most career ladders suggest, and Lindsey Simon, VP of Engineering at Vercel, has watched the distinction sharpen as everyone in the valley becomes a "member of technical staff." From why new grads with hackathon years might out-prepare engineers with six years on the job, to what happens when PR throughput stops being your lever, this is a conversation about what earns seniority now. In this episode, we cover: Why engineering roles are consolidating into "member of technical staff"How to ask agents first and...