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Meta comment: this is going to be one of the longest and most heavily cited research results in the software industry. https://t.co/47gmC99RBD
(A staff engineer could potentially do 100% of that job not merely without writing a commit but without touching a keyboard… and I think I might know a staff engineer or two who, while not to that degree, do lean into the sort of tasks/competencies that create value w/o code.)
“Really? How?” If I had done nothing for three years but given new employees my How To Succeed As A New Employee lecture I think my employer would have gotten excellent value out of that. (Which I did not lean into to nearly that degree, but.)
“Write down the following ten names. Get coffee with them within the next two weeks. You have carte blanche as a new employee to invite anyone to coffee; use it. Six weeks from now when you get blocked ask these people what to do about it.”