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Reaching a senior level requires putting oneself on the critical path, but excelling beyond it requires removing oneself from it.

Drawn from what Eugene Yan said

Subjectambition
What this subject means

ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

What Eugene Yan actually said

  1. Eugene Yan Member of technical staff at Anthropic
    To get to principal, you need to put yourself on the critical path. To be effective as a principal and go beyond it, you need to actively remove yourself from it.

    Where this was said

    ↗Advice for New Principal Tech ICs (i.e., Notes to Myself)eugeneyan.com

    19 Oct 2025

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