Building a better bridge
summary
Argues staff‑plus engineers are bridge builders who increase scope and accountability, lays out VMware ladder names and scope (MTS → staff → staff2 → senior staff → principal → fellow), promotes make five engineers twice as productive as a way to scale influence, recommends delegation levels, tracking decisions with ADRs and write it down, distinguishes inputs versus uncontrollable outputs, urges building failure‑tolerant culture and shame resilience (Brené Brown), and recommends embracing uncertainty while measuring what actually works.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 9:15Leading without being the boss
- 10:38It's all about scope
- 13:13Influence
- 15:09The power of delegation
- 17:22Building Bridges
- 20:08Failure and Shame
- 24:12Golden Circle
- 25:55How-Tos and READMES
- 27:00Embrace uncertainty
- 28:20Don't stop growing
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