> There are some engineers that are so good at solving problems that they can be dropped into any crisis situation and help fix it... Those are your PEs. I agr

> There are some engineers that are so good at solving problems that they can be dropped into any crisis situation and help fix it... Those are your PEs. I agree that "the solver" is one flavor of the role, but I think there are a few other valid ones too. Many of the staff+ engineers I've interacted with fall in the "tech lead" or "architect" category. https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes https://staffeng.com/guides/staff-archetypes