--- title: Best The Developing Dev posts — November 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted The Developing Dev posts from November 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev/best-of/2024/11 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev/best-of/2024/11 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best The Developing Dev posts — November 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted The Developing Dev posts from November 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of The Developing Dev — November 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/28-year-old-staff-engineer-google-pxfokkmfe "28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google") Article The Developing Dev · 2y 28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google Ricky, a Google Staff Engineer, rapidly progressed from Junior to Staff by age 28, achieving significant compensation growth. Key factors to his promotion included balancing technical and soft skills, saying no to less impactful projects, and staying within a supportive team. Ricky faced imposter syndrome and stressed the role of luck and preparation in his success. He advises new grads to trust themselves more and act on ideas sooner. 480 47 [See all The Developing Dev archives](/sources/developingdev/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev/best-of/2024/11#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev/best-of/2024/11","name":"Best The Developing Dev Posts — November 2024","description":"The most upvoted The Developing Dev posts from November 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev/best-of/2024/11#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/28-year-old-staff-engineer-google-pxfokkmfe","name":"28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Developing Dev","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"November 2024"}]}]} ```