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* Overview
I once imagined managing people in the form of a [[id:423b6d5f-30c0-4250-a31c-5182df515fea][Engineering Manager]] was the
primary or perhaps only path towards career progression in my life.

After a conversation at the [[id:25dea6f5-980d-4eb8-8c3d-ae11eb2700ae][2020 15Five Team Retreat]] led by [[id:ca56a855-7fbe-444d-acd5-ebcea50c4807][Paul Logston]] who has
been fashioned a Principal himself, I began to realize that there’s important
work for senior engineers besides people.

There’s a lot of concern in tech about how you project your engineering culture.
A positive or negative vision of your engineering team from the outside can have
a huge impact on the quality of applicants when it’s time to hire more engineers.

It can also make or break the internal environment for fellow engineers. Few
intelligent people will long tolerate leadership that doesn’t keep them
interested in what they’re building.