Comments by "SsjC" (@ssjcosty) on "Three Things Blocking Your Promotion to Staff/Principal Engineer (from an Amazon Principal Engineer)" video.

Good advice. The problem with leaving to get a Principal role at a different company is that the interview process is often quite difficult as they usually expect you to have had those responsibilities before - they ask you to tell them about a time when you did influence multiple teams etc. But I guess you can get another Senior role in a company where they do have Principals, and then work your way up to the role - that can take a few more years though.
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