# TestBash Leadership 2022 - Staff Testing Roles - As inspired by The "Staff Engineer" Book with Jesper Ottosen

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testbash-leadership-2022-staff-testing-roles-as-inspired-by-the-staff-engineer-book-with-jesper-ottosen/57121>\
**Category:** 🪐 TestBash\
**Tags:** testbash-leadership\
**Created:** [10 March 2022 18:30 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testbash-leadership-2022-staff-testing-roles-as-inspired-by-the-staff-engineer-book-with-jesper-ottosen/57121 "2022-03-10T18:30:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 March 2022 18:30 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testbash-leadership-2022-staff-testing-roles-as-inspired-by-the-staff-engineer-book-with-jesper-ottosen/57121/1 "2022-03-10T18:30:09Z")

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Jesper shares how this book has made a huge impact on the understanding of his own role - not being a manager, but a high-level individual contributor.

We’ll use this Club thread to share resources mentioned during the session and answer any questions we don’t get to during the live session.

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**Author:** ![dianadromey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/dianadromey/32/7839_2.png) [@dianadromey](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/dianadromey)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2022 18:30 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testbash-leadership-2022-staff-testing-roles-as-inspired-by-the-staff-engineer-book-with-jesper-ottosen/57121/2 "2022-03-10T18:30:09Z")

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# Resources Added in Advance:

- page 4: [Introduction | Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track](https://staffeng.com/guides/overview-overview)

- page 5 poll: Career, staff, Management

- page 9: [Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track](https://staffeng.com/book) // [Blog — No Idea Blog](https://noidea.dog/blog)

- page 10: [Join DevOps, AI & Beyond Book Club | Bookclubs](https://bookclubs.com/clubs/25352/join/748d78/)

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**Author:** ![jesper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/jesper/32/8341_2.png) [@jesper](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jesper)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2022 19:13 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testbash-leadership-2022-staff-testing-roles-as-inspired-by-the-staff-engineer-book-with-jesper-ottosen/57121/3 "2022-03-10T19:13:50Z")

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This one might be relevant to watch back - by @jitgo

> **[What Is a Principal Tester? - Jitesh Gosai](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/what-is-a-principal-tester-jitesh-gosai?s_id=12658757)**
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> Watch Jitesh Gosai's talk "What Is a Principal Tester?" from TestBash Manchester 2020