Being more transparent as a Staff+ engineer can help build trust and encourage best practice across entire engineering teams.
As Staff-level engineers, we work in ambiguous roles and solve difficult problems. Our involvement with a team or an area can ebb and flow as the needs of the business change. Given this fluidity, our colleagues often have a fragmented view of what Staff+ engineers actually do. For example, we may jump into a troubled project mid-way, or leave before delivery because the danger has passed.
These conflicting or incomplete pictures of the work can create serious problems. People at all levels of an organization question the value that we bring.