ALT Grow roots At the Staff-level, you might no longer have a “home” team. Plenty of Staff+ engineers are folks who: Support multiple teams and are involved in several projects Are pulled into many additional activities - from strategy discussions, through recruitment, promotion committees, knowledge-sharing sessions, management meetings, and so on. Their “real” manager might be less clear: as they might technically report to one manager, but, in practice, work with several others A danger that happens with engineers who float around too much is that they fail to grow roots on any team and start to feel pulled in too many directions. Without having a sense of what team is their main one: none of them will feel like their priority. Combined with high demands from all teams and projects, this can lead to demotivation and burnout. Make sure you grow roots and have a “main” team at all times. Even if you are supporting multiple teams: make it clear which one your “primary” team and the project
