--- title: When delivering tickets stops being enough | daily.dev description: Senior engineers often plateau because they keep optimizing for individual output rather than organizational impact. The path to Staff engineer requires... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lzfltdy9o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: When delivering tickets stops being enough | daily.dev og:description: Senior engineers often plateau because they keep optimizing for individual output rather than organizational impact. The path to Staff engineer requires... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lzfltdy9o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LzFltDy9o.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # When delivering tickets stops being enough **[Stephane Moreau](https://daily.dev/sources/ld3qs65tsjruwey40hj4p)** · [@stmoreau](https://daily.dev/stmoreau) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Senior engineers often plateau because they keep optimizing for individual output rather than organizational impact. The path to Staff engineer requires shifting from being a 'solver' focused on ticket throughput to a 'connector' who bridges teams, influences stakeholders, and shapes technical direction. Three Staff archetypes are outlined: the Architect, the Solver, and the Right Hand. Practical coaching advice includes having engineers spend time with non-technical stakeholders and writing one-pager strategy documents to build influence before writing code. Managers play a key role in providing safety for engineers to experiment with these new leadership skills. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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