> Eh. You might not fit it, but I really like that role. I don't want to be out of technical conversations and I don't love reports, but I do really like facilitating a path forward.
I'm not suggesting that the role isn't helpful or that some people wouldn't like it.
This is the problem:
> At the moment I'm working outside of an engineering function,
If the company needs a firefighting cross-team manager, get a firefighting cross-team manager and empower them accordingly.
But hiring Staff Engineers to combat management dysfunction is a misunderstanding of the Staff Engineer role.
I'm not suggesting that the role isn't helpful or that some people wouldn't like it.
This is the problem:
> At the moment I'm working outside of an engineering function,
If the company needs a firefighting cross-team manager, get a firefighting cross-team manager and empower them accordingly.
But hiring Staff Engineers to combat management dysfunction is a misunderstanding of the Staff Engineer role.