alt Hacker News> 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?
> 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?
> How is he going to get the next one?
By delivering, or helping the team deliver, outsized returns on engineering hours invested.
If a design is bloated, a good principal engineer should point out gaps, help simplify the solution and enable the team to deliver faster. That definitely gets noticed.