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A new essay titled "A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work" is drawing attention on Hacker News, where readers are debating how senior engineers justify their roles by generating projects of their own. The piece examines whether high-level engineers create genuine value or simply manufacture work to appear useful. Commenters are weighing in with their own experiences of organizational bloat and self-directed initiatives at large tech companies.
- 2Engineers urged to compare system descriptions against state of the art●I really like the idea of writing out a description of your system and then comparing it to the current state of the art
An engineering guide, 'A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work' by Sujith Jay, is being shared for its suggestion that engineers write out a description of their current system and compare it to the state of the art before inventing new work. Commenters in the engineering and infosec community are endorsing the practice as a practical way to spot gaps and justify new projects.
- 3Stationary engineers strike at Marysville's Adventist Health & Rideout hospital●Stationary engineers at Marysville's Adventist Health & Rideout hospital strike
Stationary engineers at Adventist Health & Rideout hospital in Marysville, California, have gone on strike. The work stoppage affects the facility's engineering staff, who maintain critical building systems such as heating, ventilation and power. Details on the length of the strike or the specific issues driving it have not been confirmed, and it is not yet clear how hospital operations are being affected.