Yang Liu·2d agoProject TL vs. Thesis TL: The Second Dimension of Staff EngineeringSame title, two different jobs. One maximizes inside the given; the other asks where the given came from.A response icon1A response icon1
InStaff ThinkingbyManoj Ramakrishnan·Oct 25Deep vs. Broad: Are We Measuring Staff+ Engineering Impact Correctly?Understanding different styles of Staff+ engineering impact is essential to embracing diverse technical strengths, avoiding career-growth…
Vikas Ranjan·Oct 25The Friday Deployment Test: What We Fixed Before Asking AI for 10xEveryone wanted 10x engineering velocity from AI. We had to fix the plumbing first. Here is what that took, step by step.
InJavarevisitedbyArvind Kumar·Oct 24What a Staff Engineer Does When AI Writes Most of the CodeTyping was never the job. Here’s what becomes more valuable, and what quietly stops mattering.A response icon4A response icon4
Kevin Tung·Oct 24We Went From 6 Workers to 8. Throughput Fell by About Half.Adding two workers cut throughput by half or more in every recorded run, and a scaling model fit on the earlier points never saw it coming.
Mike Salari·Oct 13“How do you know your project is on track?” is not a status questionEvery team reports green and the feature has never run end to end. What senior candidates say about evidence, and what they say when the…
Mike Salari·Oct 6How would you drive a migration across teams that do not report to you?The staff interview question that sounds like project management and is really about who pays first, and who owns the end.
Bruno Germano·Sep 2620 centavos sobre ser Tech Lead/Staff EngineerVirei Tech Lead/Staff Engineer, e agora?A response icon1A response icon1
Jyoti Yadav·Aug 26Under the Hood of Software Engineering: Mastering the D. E. Shaw Tech StackWhen engineering software for global investment management firms like the D. E. Shaw group, standard enterprise architecture often falls…
Jahel·Aug 19Path to staff engineer ReliabilityBeing right, not just being up. Notes from bugs that only appeared under load.
