> when your see a principal engineer with several times more experience (and compensation!) than you do get tripped up by it. Slightly off topic :) I feel by t

> when your see a principal engineer with several times more experience (and compensation!) than you do get tripped up by it. Slightly off topic :) I feel by the time people become Principals, they lose the laser sharp focus because they are juggling too many things at the same time. Principals who work as IC on the team, however are much better since they are hands-on to the current problems.