Technical leaders recognize when a decision made in one part of the system will create problems in another.
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One of the most common failure modes for senior technical contributors is the pull toward doing rather than guiding.

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One path goes toward management with more focus on “people stuff.” The other stays technical — Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect.

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Technical leaders can see misalignment coming before it arrives.

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Technical leadership at scale requires a different orientation: creating the conditions for others to do great work, rather than doing the great work yourself.

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A Staff Engineer who raises a concern in an architecture review that causes the team to change course–that’s leadership.

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Like surfacing tradeoffs, it requires leadership skills, not just technical ones.

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"When a Principal Engineer sets a standard for how code gets reviewed and the whole team gradually rises to it, that’s leadership." https://lttr.ai/AqPjB

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If the only bits of #ExtremeProgramming you’ve mastered are the technical ones, you’re not an XP expert. Especially if you’re sure you are.