https://dplabs.tech/tags/engineering-leadership/ Recent content in Engineering-Leadership on dplabs — Software Engineering & Technology Consultancy Hugo en-us Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/technical-debt-not-all-bad/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/technical-debt-not-all-bad/ <p>Ward Cunningham introduced the technical debt metaphor to explain to non-technical stakeholders why code needed to be refactored. The analogy to financial debt was deliberate: sometimes you borrow money to move faster, and the interest compounds over time until the debt needs to be paid.</p> <p>Over time, the metaphor has been stretched to cover every imperfect thing in a codebase. This is not useful. Not all debt is the same. Not all debt should be paid down.</p> https://dplabs.tech/blog/staff-engineers-beyond-code/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://dplabs.tech/blog/staff-engineers-beyond-code/ <p>Most senior engineers who become staff engineers don&rsquo;t change what they do — they do more of the same, better. They write more code, review more PRs, solve harder technical problems. They&rsquo;re surprised when their promotion doesn&rsquo;t materialize.</p> <p>The confusion is understandable. Senior engineering is primarily about individual technical excellence. Staff engineering is primarily about multiplying the technical effectiveness of the organization around you.</p> <p>These require different skills and, more importantly, a different mental model of what your job is.</p>