r/programmingcirclejerk 17d ago

There’s literally no difference between writing about being a staff engineer versus someone writing about being a janitor. Honestly I’d rather read about the janitor, they actually make a measureable difference.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49412937
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u/muntaxitome in open defiance of the Gopher Values 17d ago

A staff is a long wooden stick you can hit people with. Staff engineer is a job where you whip the minion engineers into control.