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Re:Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity by usrnm on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @02:02AM (#47244104)
> 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?

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Re:Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity by mekaron on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @02:20AM (#47244246)
> 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.

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Re:Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity by cottsak on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:51AM (#47247393)
1) not by keeping things simple I think. (sarcasm yes, but also mostly true)
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