Practise the collocations used by staff and principal engineers to mentor, align, and lead technical teams.
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Staff engineers are expected to ___ developers, helping them grow their technical and communication skills.
Mentor developers is the standard technical leadership collocation. A staff engineer 'mentors' junior colleagues — not 'teaches along' or 'parents around', which are informal or incorrect.
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A key responsibility of the principal engineer is to ___ alignment across teams on the platform strategy.
Drive alignment is the standard leadership collocation for actively working to bring teams to a shared understanding. 'Push along' and 'force around' imply coercion. 'Bring out' does not fit this context.
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The CTO was asked to ___ technical direction for the next three years at the all-hands.
Set direction (or 'set technical direction') is the standard leadership collocation for establishing a strategic vision. 'Give out' and 'announce along' are informal. 'Define away' does not convey strategic intent.
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To scale the team, senior engineers need to learn how to ___ responsibilities to junior members.
Delegate responsibilities is the standard management collocation for assigning ownership to others. 'Hand over around' is informal. 'Pass along to all' implies broadcasting, not targeted delegation. 'Give away' has a negative connotation.
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Great engineering leaders know how to ___ a culture where experimentation and learning are valued.
Foster a culture is the standard leadership collocation for nurturing a set of values and behaviours over time. 'Create along' and 'build around' are informal. 'Grow out' implies outward expansion rather than cultivation.