Staff/Principal+ IC Role I’m working on exploring the Staff/Principal Engineer role in different companies and organizations (responsibilities, engagement model, expectations, and how impact is measured). I’m looking to gathe...

I put together a Google Form with some questions around responsibilities, impact, and engagement model, etc.

I’d really appreciate anyone sharing their perspective here: forms.gle/XqW4dSHSZyMT...

All questions are optional. Feel free to answer only what you have time for.

Staff & Principal engineers: What is the biggest misconception about the role?

Also curious:
- what you spend your time on
- what impact looks like and how it’s measured
- what makes the role succeed/fail
- what traits you associate with a great Staff+ IC

Replies/DMs welcome.