Focus On Process

• Business and product strategy. As a principal engineer, it’s important to understand the overall strategy for your group and what you can do to support the goals it’s trying to achieve.
• Team needs. Although you’re not part of a specific team, you’ll ...

This is the main premise of the best selling book by Ramit Sethi. He structures his ideas into 4 buckets: 

1. Track your spending. This will help you see where your money is going and identify areas where you can cut back.
2. Set financial goals

Sometimes you have to slip up to learn about your boundaries; redefining them is a part of the process. Pushing yourself too hard, or underestimating how long something takes will help you draw better, clearer lines in the future. 

Correctly identifying what you need to comfortably a...