
sunilsadasivan.com
September 25, 2026
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Summary
First Principles Thinking Iâve re-read Sunil Paiâs âthe senior engineer death spiralâ several times this week. Itâs very good. If you havenât read it, start there. Itâs resonating with me because I think almost every senior engineer has felt some version of being stuck. You get good at what you do, then things change, and the experience youâve built up can make it hard to approach things different...