Become the go-to engineer in your organization

Build a great reputation for yourself by taking ownership and helping others thrive!

Intro

Engineers that are not afraid to take ownership and responsibility are highly desirable. And if they also make others around them better → that’s what provides a LOT of value to the engineering organization and the overall company as well. Becoming the go-to person means exactly that.

Let’s define next what a go-to person should and shouldn’t do.

Being a go-to person doesn’t mean you should hoard the knowledge for yourself

So what should you do as a go-to person? You shouldn’t focus just on making sure that you understand the specific domain, project or technology, but the focus should be on making it easier for everyone to get started and work with it.

Here is what you shouldn’t do:

❌ Don’t keep the knowledge and the context only to yourself

❌ Not creating any documentation

❌ Not being supportive, not being helpful to onboard and support others working on that specific thing

Here is what you should do:

✅ Spread the knowledge and awareness about it

✅ Create documentation and learning docum…