<story><title>What does a Director of Engineering do?</title><url>https://www.hashtagcoder.dev/blog/director-of-engineering</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lliamander</author><text>&amp;gt; I used to think hard work leads to promotion. This is because I didn&amp;#x27;t understand why different positions exist outside of a title change. Now I see things a bit differently. If an individual on my team is working hard, I&amp;#x27;m going to keep them where they are because they&amp;#x27;re getting the job done. Rather, I&amp;#x27;m looking to elevate my 10x engineer - not the one that&amp;#x27;s the doing their job well but the one thats mentoring those around them to do their job well too.&lt;p&gt;An excellent point.  This misconception that hard work leads to promotion is widespread, and management doesn&amp;#x27;t often do enough to dispel it (if they are even aware of it themselves). I think an important step here is to identify the concrete behaviors and competencies needed to advance.  In the words of Randall Koutnik: &amp;quot;What does it take to succeed at [your] company beyond &amp;#x27;hard work&amp;#x27;?&amp;quot;[0].&lt;p&gt;[0]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rkoutnik.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;Questions-to-ask-your-interviewer.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rkoutnik.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;Questions-to-ask-your-intervie...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>What does a Director of Engineering do?</title><url>https://www.hashtagcoder.dev/blog/director-of-engineering</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bojo</author><text>Good insights.&lt;p&gt;Small nitpick, I have no idea what the terms &amp;quot;EOS&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;L10 meetings&amp;quot; mean.</text></comment>