https://blog.girishshekhar.com/tags/staff-plus/Recent content in Staff-Plus on Girish ShekharHugo -- 0.163.3en-usSun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/3-writing-is-the-most-under-used-leverage/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/3-writing-is-the-most-under-used-leverage/Most Principal Engineers treat writing as documentation—a secondary activity that happens after the real work. But writing is the highest-leverage mechanism available at staff-plus scope. It scales mentorship, compounds over time, creates artifacts that outlive individual conversations, and builds the connective tissue for relationships you can’t maintain through meetings alone. This post covers why PEs underinvest in writing, what changes when they stop, and how imperfect artifacts often create more value than perfect silence.https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/2-multiply-impact-through-mechanisms/Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/2-multiply-impact-through-mechanisms/Principal Engineers often default to technical authority as their primary lever. But at staff-plus scope, the PEs who scale effectively are the ones who build mechanisms—borrowed from managers and TPMs—that carry their judgment into rooms they’ll never enter. This post covers how to identify, build, and deploy those mechanisms without waiting for permission.https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/1-step-function-change/Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/1-step-function-change/Most Principal Engineers try to scale by doing more of what already works. That approach breaks down when your scope jumps from 50 engineers to 5,000. This post introduces the step-function mental model for PE growth and the Three-Position Framework for managing the outsized influence your voice carries at this level.