Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more. Why High Performers Plateau (And How to Break Through) You’re the senior IC everyone relies on to ship the impossible. The engineering manager who turned around that struggling team. The one who consistently delivers what others can’t. In your skip-level you hear you’re “director material.” Your peer reviews are glowing. You’ve been doing next-level work for over a year. And yet. The promotion to staff engineer never comes. The director role goes...