# How the Top 1% of Engine... ! [ rw-book-cover] (https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1657206088209506306/_v7qpB1u.jpg) URL: https://twitter.com/EthanEvansVP/status/1838962728553046377 Author: @EthanEvansVP on Twitter  ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > How the top 1% of engineers are judged. > Technical excellence is table stakes for senior IC engineers. As an executive, I am judging their impact by 3 metrics: ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/EthanEvansVP/status/1838962728553046377)) > 1/ Can they deploy that technical expertise to help me make better business decisions that make money, grow customers, or reduce costs? > 2/ Can they help me grow other engineers by mentoring and putting into place systems and architectures? ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/EthanEvansVP/status/1838962730381791584)) > 3/ Are they willing to help me, including with non-technical problems? Example: do they proactively come to me and say: “Hey, I was looking at the business problem and there’s this new technology we can buy, build, or borrow that will help solve the problem and unlock customers.” ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/EthanEvansVP/status/1838962732176978299)) > To add, the most important skills to look for in a manager: loyalty and trajectory. > 1/ Loyalty - Does the manager have a track record of growing and promoting their people? Do they have a set of people who follow them from role to role or team to team? ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/EthanEvansVP/status/1838962734068642135)) > 2/ Trajectory - Are they moving up consistently, with a track record of growth? Past performance is the best predictor of future performance. Are they a fast or slow train? ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/EthanEvansVP/status/1838962736891306350))