Growing into staff and beyond is the exception. You are expected to grow into a senior engineer. Instead of wasting time justifying their presence and proving competence, they can say Staff Engineer and everyone gets it. You don't need to flaunt your title because you have "traditional signals of authority".įor women and minorities, having the title makes a big difference. That means achieving your goals in part through the work of others.Īmerica being what it is, doing that is easier as a white male. It's a different job based on influence and leadership without authority. Here are my highlights 👇 Titles don't matter, unless you're not a white male Larson uses the same questions for every conversation so you get a good comparison of what being staff looks like. Full transcripts (cleaned up, I assume) are included in the book. The book extracts lessons on being a staff+ engineer from conversations with 14 staff engineers at different companies. Went through the audiobook soon after becoming tech lead so the timing was perfect. Staff Engineer was one of the more impactful books I've read in recent months. What I learned from Staff Engineer by Will Larson
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