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Side-by-Side: Day-to-Day Work

Staff Engineer: deep design reviews, cross-team technical alignment, hard bug hunts, long-horizon technical strategy, mentoring seniors. EM: staffing plans, 1:1s, performance feedback, project sequencing, risk management, partner comms.

Both write—a lot. Staffs write design docs and standards; EMs write status updates, role expectations, and growth plans. Writing is leadership.

Side-by-Side: Day-to-Day Work

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