# Sunil Pai - The Senior Engineer Death Spiral (Highlights)  ## Highlights - so the thing to do is actually to drop a level. not to try to be a higher-level engineer, but to almost drop a level and simply become the greatest teammate for a while. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m3mcwjyv1178t837q7aqv0nk)) ^1058940497 - the reason you want to do this is you want to move away from an outcome-based mindset to momentum-based. like, you want to build a routine, because momentum is everything in this ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m3mcyaywkck4wc3xnhftmmcc)) ^1058940558 - projects are not done with big efforts. it’s a big marathon, just slow, steady, incremental work. forget about a weekly basis, like a daily basis, an hourly basis, to the point that it’s muscle memory. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m3mczwgf7cmj93zevz7tw8p6)) ^1058940594