Why and How to be a big-tech Principal Engineer

Principal Engineers are high-level software engineers who help deliver complex, multi-team projects. Learn what they do at companies like Amazon and Microsoft, and how to become one! This is based on my 30 years of software engineering experience, 15 years as a principal engineer!

Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - Disclaimer
01:15 - Job Titles at Microsoft, Google, Amazon
01:53 - Principal Engineer Abilities
05:30 - How to progress from Senior to Principal
07:02 - Two principal-level projects
09:18 - Collaboration and Expertise
10:40 - Why be a principal engineer?
11:52 - In summary