Try to target becoming a principal/staff engineer - aim towards knowledge of all things code and attempt to show everybody the way forwards. Architecture is fi

Try to target becoming a principal/staff engineer - aim towards knowledge of all things code and attempt to show everybody the way forwards. Architecture is fine, but most of the time its the implementation and engineering details that prove out the architecture, and not vice versa. Aim for perfection, as much as you can. There is always that middle ground, try to understand it but always strive and drive your peers towards utter perfection (as you understand it).