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Re:The Staff Engineer's Path – Book Review by feoren on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @01:58PM (#35978979)
> I would define "staff" as "here is a vaguely understood problem we believe has to be solved; find out what it is, whether it actually is a thing, why it happened, whether it is worth the time to solve, and finally guide others to solve it for us."

I would define that as "software engineering". What else are any of us doing all day? The compiler's job?

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Re:The Staff Engineer's Path – Book Review by jmchuster on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:12PM (#35980630)
It's the scale of it.

"Here is a vaguely understood problem, that might take 2 hours to solve."

"Here is a vaguely understood problem, that might take 2 years to solve."

Though if you're used to the latter timescale, you might not consider the former as all that "vaguely" understood.

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