Staff eng

Some simple insights from the Staff eng podcast:

Everything is your responsibility. If it needs doing then do it
Meet with consumers, sit there while they try your new product. Take feedback and meet again 1 week later to show that their issues have been resolved.
Do pair programming!
Spend time finding out what the biggest problems are that you can fix - then fix them
Communication is probably the most important staff-eng skill
Use only soft power

Work staff engineers do:

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