Description
As a company we value transparency and autonomy. These values must be coupled with accountability if we are to succeed. Taking responsibility for your own actions and the actions of the team and holding others to this standard is critical for us to be able to trust and work with each other.
Milestone 1
Individual Step
At this step, you are focused primarily on being a useful contributor, gaining experience and learning how to be effective on their team. It is not expected that a member of technology would remain at this step during their entire time at Spotify. At this step, your focus should be on growing so that you can support your team. This is the only step where there is an expectation that all members of technology should move toward the next step.
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Shows interest in learning more about other parts of the company and areas of the business | Actively engages in understanding requirements, and the impact on the team |
| Understanding of priorities and the goals for the team | Basic understanding of priorities and goals for the tribe and company |
Milestone 2
Squad/Chapter Step
At this step, you are a resource for your chapter or your squad, either as a domain specialist for your team, or as a generalist/problem solver for them. You should be able to lead smaller efforts coordinating with other members of your team and drive them to completion and/or dig into tough problems and solve them independently taking in feedback from your peers and focusing on the outcome.
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| When discussing work, engages in discussion around business impact | Demonstrates an understanding of the business context of their projects and how they would impact business metrics |
| Demonstrates the ability to translate between basic business requirements and technical requirements |
Milestone 3
Tribe/Guild Step
At this step, you have an impact across squads or chapters. You are a resource for a larger group as a domain expert or generalist. You will lead cross-team (squad/tribe/chapter) efforts involving more people and drive them to completion and/or you will take on large challenges, working with diverse stakeholders in multiple teams to solve a problem that affects your larger organization.
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Interested in understanding Spotify's business and competitors better | Finds appropriate metrics and measures ROI (effort/time/cost) when making decisions |
| Understands our various product offerings and initiatives | Shows a broad understanding of the business context of work happening cross the technology organization |
Milestone 4
Technology/Company Step
At this step, your focus is significantly on supporting Tech-wide or company-wide initiatives. You will Road Manage projects that span tribes and be responsible for solving Tech-wide problems, and/or you will also represent Tech in company and/or industry forums, and/or you will be a go-to person across the company to solve very complex problems
| Examples | |
|---|---|
| Collaborates across functions including areas outside of Tech | Actively engaged and following the industry at large |
| Can be a representative For Technology company-level discussions | Helps guide their tribe on business impact and mentors squads/tribe on decisions and their relationship to the business |
Milestone 5
N/A within the Spotify Career Steps Framework
Configuration Health
- ✅ Associated with 5 roles
- ⚠️ Has been referenced in no observations
- ℹ️ No one has achieved a milestone on this ability
- ⛔️ Last updated: almost 5 years ago
- ℹ️ Never conversed about
Role & Position Requirements
- Coachesare recommended to be milestone 1+
- Developersare recommended to be milestone 1+
- It Support Techniciansare recommended to be milestone 1+
- Product Ownersare recommended to be milestone 1+
- Quality Assurance Engineersare recommended to be milestone 1+
Examples / Observations
An observation relating to Thinks about business impact has not been publicly recognized yet.
Conversations about Thinks about business impact
This section is for Spotify folks only. Sign your team up to find your Gruuv!