As I grew a lot at Amazon, being a Principal Engineer was my…

As I grew a lot at Amazon, being a Principal Engineer was my career goal. While I also noticed and observed that the non-practical principals are causing the real damages.

They might focus too much on being right, on their behavior instead of the product behavior. They might be cautious and move slower. They might be addicted to RCA, which again is right thing, but spent lots of effort to prove something is not worth the effort. They are at an age when Play Safe is the smartest choice.

Keep a record for me to revisit after few years.