Chapter 2 · Practice 4 of 4
Increase your impact by making others more effective
Why it matters
Past a certain point you cannot grow impact by working harder alone. Ladders describe the shift: Dropbox's IC2 expectations mention mentoring new hires and interns, IC4 engineers define processes that "level up my team", and IC5 engineers influence the roadmaps of other teams.
Ways to multiply impact at any level:
- Improve a shared tool that saves everyone time.
- Write the guide you wish you had when you joined.
- Review code thoughtfully and teach in your comments.
- Pair with someone on a problem you know well.
Leverage is the honest way to have more impact without burning out.
Do
- Pick one recurring team pain and remove it
Avoid
- Becoming the only person who can do a task, then calling that impact