# WhatTheStack 2026

> Conference · Past · 19th Sep 2026 (Saturday) · Technical Campus, Skopje, North Macedonia

- Series: WhatTheStack
- Time zone: Europe/Skopje
- Event site: https://wts.sh/
- Photos: 1 (https://faziz-dev.com/gallery)
- Page: https://faziz-dev.com/events/whatthestack-2026

Presented “Reverse-Engineering Seniority,” a talk about career growth, credibility, learning, and the trade-offs of moving quickly from bootcamp graduate to Staff Engineer.

## My sessions at this edition

### Reverse-Engineering Seniority, From Bootcamp Grad to Staff Engineer in Four Years
- Role: speaker · status: delivered
- Talk · 30 min
- Page: https://faziz-dev.com/talks/reverse-engineering-seniority-from-bootcamp-grad-to-staff-engineer-in-four-years

Lessons on promotions, credibility, and leadership from moving from a coding bootcamp to staff engineering in four years.

Resources:
  - Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QluMvsT9KC8&list=PLALKf8iXsX9g&index=24 (YouTube)


Full schedule: https://faziz-dev.com/events.md

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Faris Aziz: software engineer, speaker, ZurichJS co-founder. Geneva, Switzerland.
Site: https://faziz-dev.com · Invite to speak: https://faziz-dev.com/invite · Services: https://faziz-dev.com/services · Mentorship: https://faziz-dev.com/mentorship · Index for agents: https://faziz-dev.com/llms.txt
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