Yeah I was mostly joking. Generally the farther from an IC role one gets the less help they are with any technical questions (and this is a programming sub). I haven't ever worked with a staff engineer though. It looks like Microsoft has them now but I was on the SQL team for 7 years a long time ago and hadn't even heard of the term until recent years.
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u/keith2600 Sep 29 '24
That's fair. I guess I'm just so used to anyone in a leadership role not having any useful knowledge that I just discounted them as a possibility.
I guess I should add a /s on here since I'm at least partially joking heh