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At some level you need engineers to roughly accomplish the sane things.

I looked at the definition at Principal which is where I siy now at another firm.. and I've held at other firms... and it lines up. that's what I expect to do.

Work with director+ managers, show the way by being the way, etc. Very standard. I'd expect a bit higher tech bar... But bot hugely, it helps to convince people when you are stronger technically, it also helps with technical vision. You have to understand the details and own 'em. One small detail can turn your architecture upside down.... (Making push/pull choices is a classic issue, often with no good answer... but a bad one is possible, depending on constraints.)

.... I find it nice to see "Yup, that's what I'd sign up for." basically.