The 2.5 paths to career development

Eugene Polonsky
8 min readAug 5, 2020
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As an Engineering Manager, I often have the “How do I get promoted?” conversation with my directs. After repeating the same spiel dozens of times and having had positive feedback from people receiving it, I thought it might be fun to write it up so others might benefit as well.

I can offer you three ways of career development. Which one you choose depends on your personality and how promo-motivated…

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Eugene Polonsky

Eugene Polonsky is a 24-year veteran in the IT field. When not writing about management, he runs a team at IMDb, plays with his kids, and writes bad fiction.