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Rich Lafferty (PagerDuty)

StaffEng

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Focus on High-Leverage Work as a Staff Engineer

As a staff engineer, the focus is less on spending time on tasks and more on working on high-leverage activities. Emphasizing the importance of 'glue work' which involves bringing people together and identifying high-impact opportunities is crucial. This work, unlike merely writing code, can deliver significant outcomes and provide the freedom to determine the most valuable tasks to focus on.

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