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I think there's a lot of variability here. I've met Principal Engineers at Amazon who never write a line of code and barely do any mentoring (I don't like thos
by mabbo 5y ago
I think there's a lot of variability here.
I've met Principal Engineers at Amazon who never write a line of code and barely do any mentoring (I don't like those PEs).
But I've also worked with Senior and Principal Engineers who do incredible work, mentor, truly lead. They are force multipliers, making adjustments to the course of the organization in ways that have huge benefits and gains. And if you dropped these people into a new challenge with a totally different stack and business, they'd do the same thing there too.
I hope to someday be one of those people.
- angrais 5y agoGiven your emphasis on lead, do you have any recommendations for books or blogs to provide insight into how to be such a good leader?
- zip1234 5y agoThe Army has a manual on leadership that is really quite good. There are obviously parts that are not applicable but much of it is very useful. https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN20039-ADP_6-22-001-WEB-0.pdf https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN20039-ADP_6-...
- infamouscow 5y agoExtreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Jocko also has a very popular podcast where he further dispenses leadership principles.