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diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.md b/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.md
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--- a/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.md
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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ I am not saying that you should skip sleep. By all means, if you can sleep, then
 
 Have regular breaks. Don't skip your lunch break. Best, have a walk during lunchtime. And after work, do some kind of workout or visit a sports class. Do something completely unrelated to work before going to sleep (e.g. visit a parallel universe and read a Science Fiction novel). In short: Totally hit the off-switch after your work for the day is finished. You will be much more energised and motivated the next time you open your work laptop.
 
-[I personally love to read Science Fiction novels](../other-resources.md)  
+[I personally love to read Science Fiction novels](../about/novels.md)  
 
 I skip breakfast and lunch during the week. This means that on average, I intermittent fast on average 18-20 hours daily. It may sound odd to most people (who don't intermittent fast), but in a fasted state, I can be even more focused, thus helping me immerse myself in something even more. Not having breakfast and lunch also gives me back some time for other things (e.g. a nice walk, where I listen to podcasts or audiobooks or practise using my camera (street photography)). I relax my routine during the week ends, where I may enjoy a meal at any given time of the day.
 
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.md
index 045eb4ee..f43d1055 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.md
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ Other book notes of mine are:
 [2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 
-[More books and other resources I found useful.](../resources.md)  
 [Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-04-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2023-04-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.md
index 0dcc7a8e..9500ae38 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-04-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-04-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.md
@@ -146,5 +146,6 @@ Other book notes of mine are:
 [2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 
 [Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2023-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.md
index e546bcc8..1256673d 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.md
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ Other book notes of mine are:
 [2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 
-[More books and other resources I found useful.](../resources.md)  
 [Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-07-17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2023-07-17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.md
index 3a28aa17..8c5e6500 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-07-17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-07-17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.md
@@ -315,6 +315,6 @@ Other book notes of mine are:
 [2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 
-[More books and other resources I found useful.](../resources.md)  
 [Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md
index 863f33e5..96a2c6e5 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md
@@ -117,6 +117,6 @@ Other book notes of mine are:
 [2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes (You are currently reading this)](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 
-[More books and other resources I found useful.](../resources.md)  
 [Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md
index b53ac2ee..6fde73fa 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ Other book notes of mine are:
 [2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes (You are currently reading this)](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 
-[More books and other resources I found useful.](../resources.md)  
 [Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md
index 55edb442..cb9b3294 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ Other book notes of mine are:
 [2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes (You are currently reading this)](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 
-[More books and other resources I found useful.](../resources.md)  
 [Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md b/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# "Staff Engineer" book notes
+
+> Published at 2024-10-24T20:57:44+03:00
+
+These are my personal takeaways after reading "Staff Engineer" by Will Larson. Note that the book contains much more knowledge wisdom and that these notes only contain points I personally found worth writing down. This is mainly for my own use, but you might find it helpful too.
+
+```
+         ,..........   ..........,
+     ,..,'          '.'          ',..,
+    ,' ,'            :            ', ',
+   ,' ,'             :             ', ',
+  ,' ,'              :              ', ',
+ ,' ,'............., : ,.............', ',
+,'  '............   '.'   ............'  ',
+ '''''''''''''''''';''';''''''''''''''''''
+                    '''
+```
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+* [⇢ "Staff Engineer" book notes](#staff-engineer-book-notes)
+* [⇢ ⇢ Not a faster Senior Engineer](#not-a-faster-senior-engineer)
+* [⇢ ⇢ The Balance](#the-balance)
+* [⇢ ⇢ More things](#more-things)
+
+## Not a faster Senior Engineer
+
+* A Staff engineer is more than just a faster Senior.
+* A staff engineer is not a senior engineer but a bit better. (But I want to be a senior engineer but a bit better).
+
+It's important to know what work or which role most energizes you. A Staff engineer is not a more senior engineer. A Staff engineer also fits into another archetype.
+
+As a staff engineer, you are always expected to go beyond your comfort zone and learn new things.
+
+Your job sometimes will feel like an SEM and sometimes strangely similar to your senior roles.
+
+A Staff engineer is, like a Manager, a leader. However, being a Manager is a specific job. Leaders can apply to any job, especially to Staff engineers.
+
+## The Balance
+
+The more senior you become, the more responsibility you will have to cope with them in less time. Balance your speed of progress with your personal life, don't work late hours and don't skip these personal care events.
+
+Do fewer things but do them better. Everything done will accelerate the organization. Everything else will drag it down—quality over quantity.
+
+Don't work at ten things and progress slowly; focus on one thing and finish it.
+
+Only spend some of the time firefighting. Have time for deep thinking. Only deep think some of the time. Otherwise, you lose touch with reality.
+
+Sebactical: Take at least six months. Otherwise, it won't be as restored.
+
+## More things
+
+* Provide simple but widely used tools. Complex and powerful tools will have power users but only a very few. All others will not use the tool.
+* In meetings, when someone is inactive, try to pull him in. Pull in max one person at a time. Don't open the discussion to multiple people.
+* Get used to writing things down and repeating yourself. You will scale yourself much more.
+* Title inflation: skills correspond to work, but the titles don't.
+
+E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-)
+
+Other book notes of mine are:
+
+[2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes](./2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.md)  
+[2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes](./2023-04-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.md)  
+[2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes](./2023-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.md)  
+[2023-07-17 "Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes](./2023-07-17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.md)  
+[2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md)  
+[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes (You are currently reading this)](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
+
+[Back to the main site](../)  
diff --git a/gemfeed/index.md b/gemfeed/index.md
index d1b2f6a4..a88036bf 100644
--- a/gemfeed/index.md
+++ b/gemfeed/index.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## To be in the .zone!
 
+[2024-10-24 - 'Staff Engineer' book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md)  
 [2024-10-02 - Gemtexter 3.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again⁴](./2024-10-02-gemtexter-3.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-4.md)  
 [2024-09-07 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 4: Onboarding for On-Call Engineers](./2024-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.md)  
 [2024-09-07 - Projects I financially support](./2024-09-07-projects-i-support.md)