jessitron
as a Principal engineer, half your job is figuring out what your job is
Nov 15, 2022 at 9:31pmWeb
Show threadMartinDotNetNov 15, 2022
@jessitron truth
Show threadjustinNov 15, 2022
@jessitron this applies to “principal researcher” too, fwiw 😅
Show threadmconnorNov 24, 2022
@justin @jessitron principal product manager too!
Show threadLarry Marburger Nov 15, 2022
@jessitron I’m smack dab in the middle of this journey right now. Thankfully I have an amazing manager to help navigate it. It’d be much more difficult without their support.
Show threadNasron CheongNov 15, 2022
@jessitron
THIS.
Show threadMartijn LinssenNov 15, 2022

@jessitron I love the free who clearly are not so very native and spell Principle Engineer

https://www.google.com/search?q=LinkedIn+%22principle%22+engineer

Bevor Sie zur Google Suche weitergehen

Show threadKenNov 16, 2022
@jessitron That sort of just applies to life in general - or is that just me?
Show threadNoah AbrahamsNov 16, 2022
@jessitron I feel this in my bones, and in my lack of written goals.
Show threadMike GrayNov 16, 2022
@jessitron love this. The other half is being clear on what it isn’t 😅
Show threadMarkus EiseleNov 16, 2022
@jessitron that seems true for all Principal and above jobs though....
Show threadOmer van KloetenNov 16, 2022
@jessitron haha I just submitted a talk about it to StaffPlus the other day :)
Show threaddarkflibNov 23, 2022
@jessitron Alas, this has resonated so well over the past few years. :(
Show threadMitch AndersonNov 24, 2022

@jessitron so failing at this... walking the dog this morning... just wondering, what am I even doing day to day.

We have been making some pretty good progress with #Honeycomb however.

Show threadFoeclanNov 24, 2022
@jessitron @geemo Just wait until you're a senior principal engineer, then not even your manager knows what your job is.
Show threadDave 🧱 Nov 24, 2022
@jessitron @jlengstorf my first proper week in this new lead dev role and I haven’t figured out a thing 
Show threadjunoNov 25, 2022
@jessitron tbh this has been true for me at every level :/ so i guess i'm very prepared
Show threadJoel KinNov 25, 2022
@jessitron woof this hits hard
Show threadBrandon Weaver Nov 25, 2022
@jessitron big oof, let me know if you ever figure it out because I now have this problem 🤣😭
Show threadjessitronNov 25, 2022
@baweaver ah, but every answer must be different
Show threadtehvikingNov 25, 2022
@jessitron @baweaver I manage a couple of em and indeed the answers are wildly divergent
Show threadBrandon Weaver Nov 25, 2022

@tehviking @jessitron We should talk some time, among other reasons that we haven't caught up in a while.

Well, both of you really.

Show threadPascal DennerlyDec 21, 2022
@jessitron, I relate *so hard*!