alt Hacker NewsIn a functional org, the principal engineer's role would be to review designs to reduce complexity and new systems. The goal of the org (and engineers within the org by extension) is to deliver impact. The engineer who can ship the impact of 3 new features with simple implementations in the time that it takes one complex implementation to be build should be promoted.
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losalah • today at 5:35 AM
yes, I’m with you. Keep it simple, ship the thing, and only add a new system when you actually need it.
> the principal engineer's role would be to review designs to reduce complexity
Two questions:
1) How did this principal engineer get this title?
2) How is he going to get the next one?