A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work(sujithjay.com)

346 points by amortize 28 days ago | 72 comments

Blog post by Sujith Jay Nair on how staff engineers on platform teams find what to build next using signals from systems, users, organization, and industry.

I got promoted to staff engineer twice(seangoedecke.com)

73 points by brunocvcunha 1 year ago | 57 comments

How I estimate work(seangoedecke.com)

450 points by mattjhall 9 months ago | 268 comments

Sean Goedecke's blog post on how he approaches estimating software work as a staff engineer, arguing accurate estimation is impossible.

The Staff Engineer's Path – Book Review(smyachenkov.com)

334 points by _sJiff 3 years ago | 202 comments

A blog post by Stanislav Myachenkov reviewing Tanya Reilly's book "The Staff Engineer's Path," a guide for individual contributors growing into staff roles.

I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer(lalitm.com)

502 points by todsacerdoti 10 months ago | 226 comments

Blog post by a Google Senior Staff engineer explaining why he prioritizes long-term systems stewardship over high-visibility spotlight work, responding to Sean Goedecke's essays.

Don't become an engineering manager(newsletter.manager.dev)

364 points by flail 7 months ago | 259 comments

A Manager.dev newsletter post by Anton Zaides arguing that engineers should reconsider accepting promotions to engineering manager roles.