Focus on what really matters by seeking the “existential issues” & where there’s “Room AND Attention” (32:10). How to catch yourself “chasing ghosts” (27:31). “Chasing Ghosts” and the trap of projecting familiarity onto problems (20:59). What high-visibility, low impact work looks like with engineering leaders (18:20). How to mitigate & reduce status-chasing in your teams (16:09). How to navigate a company that recognizes high visibility work over high-impact work (13:12). How to focus on long-term impact and avoid short-term “snacks” & “preening” (10:12). Where most people go wrong when evaluating how they spend their time (8:52). 
When Will confronted the existential question “Am I actually working on what matters?” (3:56). Jellyfish helps you align engineering work with business priorities and enables you to make better strategic decisions. I can make a huge improvement here!' But then they'll get signals from leadership that 'Actually this isn't valued.' And so I think it's really important to understand what SHOULD be valuable, and then understand what IS actually valued, and then make your own decisions based on that in terms of where you want to put your time."Ĭheck out our friends and sponsor, Jellyfish! He is also the author of “An Elegant Puzzle” and his NEW book “Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track.” Follow Will on Twitter lot of times they'll be like, 'Oh no one's working on this. He's been writing on his blog, Irrational Exuberance, since 2007 with 600+ different posts covering tons of topics on engineering leadership, management and career. 
Will previously working at places like Stripe, Uber, and Digg.
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