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by vinay_ys 1861 days ago
The PE should also be doing a lot of behind the scenes (from senior dev pov) strategy work with leadership team w.r.t identifying long term technical risks and ensuring right investments happen, grooming tech talent bench through perf/promo processes, seeding/sponsoring new tech initiatives etc.

All this is informed by the observations and insights that come from the "support" work they do in those outage huddles or design discussion meetings.

The technical thought leadership work they do with the business/product leadership team is where they really earn their paycheck.