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True, but if you're not one of those principle engineers already then you likely have no ability influence what tech choices are being made and you should just

• mrep 9y ago
  Really? I propose tons of ideas to my team/org about technical decisions I think we should move towards and while a good portion of them get shot down, lots get positive feedback/management backing from my team. This combined with me owning the projects/proposals I made got me promoted very quickly.
  • lovich 9y ago
    What I've learned from the past few days on hackernews is that apparently I have worked at some shitty jobs. Even when I have owned a project and led it to massive success as far as the company was concerned, like under half the budget and half the timeline, its just led to someone higher up taking notice. Those higher ups then either come in and start directing things themselves because they think we cant possibly keep succeeding, or they hire someone from outside the company to come in and take over.