Author: [[Tanya Reilly]] Amazon: [Link](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1098118731) ## Introduction This book explores the split in career path that occurs after "senior" engineer. The traditionally defined path involves becoming a people manager, however the emerging "Staff Engineer" role is a less-defined path with a similar amount of impact – and it allows you to stay closer to the metal and maintain a technical mindset. There are three pillars explored here, all built on the foundation of technical knowledge and experience. Those pillars are - Big-picture thinking - Execution - Leveling up (others)[^tangent] These pillars prop up "impact" in the "rising tides lift all ships" kind of way. [^tangent]: [[Leveling Up Others|Internal Notes]]