https://rjrowland.com/tags/career/Recent content in Career on rjrowlandHugoen-usThu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://rjrowland.com/posts/engineering-practices-career-leverage/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://rjrowland.com/posts/engineering-practices-career-leverage/<p>Senior engineers amplify through team success, not individual output. The leverage formula applies directly to career development: the highest-return activities multiply team effectiveness, they don&rsquo;t just add to your own.</p> <p>The key insight: the most visible, most impactful technical contributions at a company level are almost never feature work. They&rsquo;re the infrastructure improvements that make feature work easier, safer, or faster for everyone else.</p> <h2 id="finding-the-opportunity">Finding the opportunity</h2> <p>Diagnose before you propose. Ask:</p>