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Sujith Jay
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An essay on inventing work at the staff engineer level is drawing attention on Hacker News, ranking among the day's top items with several hundred engagements. The piece, published by Sujith Jay, examines how senior engineers identify and justify new projects for themselves. Discussion appears to center on how much of staff-level work is self-directed rather than assigned.
- 2Engineers urged to compare system descriptions against state of the art●I really like the idea of writing out a description of your system and then comparing it to the current state of the art
An engineering guide, 'A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work' by Sujith Jay, is being shared for its suggestion that engineers write out a description of their current system and compare it to the state of the art before inventing new work. Commenters in the engineering and infosec community are endorsing the practice as a practical way to spot gaps and justify new projects.