Development's Ability: Rails

You develop expertise in our server-side stack in the Rails ecosystem and whatever comes next.

I have observed this person showing a consistent, comfortable, continuous, and clear positive impact to a squad when wielding this ability, and therefore I would put them in situations where they can employ this ability with only a small amount of guidance

• You can add new routes and actions to our controllers with guidance from others.
• You write code according to our Rails Style Guide.
• You write basic unit and integration tests with RSpec.
• You fix isolated bugs by making improvements to our Rails code.

I have observed this person showing a consistent, comfortable, continuous, and clear positive impact to a squad when wielding this ability, and therefore I would put them in situations where they can employ this ability, with no assistance as well as being a trusted active or passive mentor to others

• You can add new routes and actions to our controllers with guidance from others.
• You make minor upgrades to our gems.
• You assess the correctness and utility of existing code and avoid uncritical copy-pasting.
• You ask questions to identify (and make explicit) the unspoken requirements of application functionality (such as tracking, logging, and edge cases).
• You ensure data is kept private and secure when writing code

I have observed this person showing a consistent, comfortable, continuous, and clear positive impact to multiple squads when wielding this ability, and therefore I would put them in situations where they can employ this ability as well as being considered an expert within this discipline

• You identify needs for new patterns (such as policy objects) and successfully usher their adoption, adding clarity and consistency around common approaches.
• You act as a caretaker for our Rails codebase, e.g. by contributing to our linter configuration and Style Guide.
• You improve the performance of our Rails app to handle traffic spikes
• You make major upgrades to our gems.

I have observed this person showing a consistent, comfortable, continuous, and clear positive impact to a squad when wielding this ability, and therefore I would put them in situations where they can not only employ this ability but where they set the tone for this at the company level

• You pioneer architectural changes that empower all server-side engineers to be more productive.
• You identify and solve systemic problems and risks with our Rails architecture.

I have observed this person showing a consistent, comfortable, continuous, and clear positive impact to not just internal teams but the community/industry in general when wielding this ability, and they are recognized by the community/industry as an expert

• You implement new Rails techniques and frameworks to meet the needs of the wider community.
• You define and promote a long-term vision for our server-side architecture and coordinates across the team to ensure projects are in service of it.