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Your 30-Day Action Plan (Senior)

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Tech Lead

Your 30 days: Lead one AI pilot, write one standard, mentor one person on AI use. You're the multiplier. Prove it.

Software Arch

Focus: own one org-wide decision, document it, evangelize it. Architecture authority compounds when it's written down.

Eng Manager

Weeks 1-2: Enable your team's AI use. Weeks 3-4: Measure and communicate impact. You're leading the transition.

Your 30-Day Action Plan (Senior)

TL;DR

  • Week 1: Lead AI adoption. Week 2: Own a standard or decision. Week 3: Multiply through mentorship. Week 4: Cement your position.
  • Yuki-level engineers need to show they're evolving from coder to multiplier. This plan does that.

Week 1: Lead AI Adoption

  • Day 1-2: Propose one AI pilot to your manager. One workflow (code review, docs, tests), one team, one month. Keep it small. Get the yes.
  • Day 3-5: Run the pilot. Use AI yourself. Document what works and what doesn't. Create a one-pager or quick guide.
  • Day 6-7: Share results with your team. "Here's what I tried. Here's what I'd do again." Make it normal.

Week 2: Own Something Org-Wide

  • Pick one artifact you can own: an AI usage guideline, an architecture decision, a standard for your domain. Something that affects more than your immediate team.
  • Write it. Use AI for drafting if you want. Own the final version. Publish it. Share it.
  • Evangelize. Present at team meeting, post in Slack, or add to onboarding. You're the authority now.

Week 3: Multiply Through Mentorship

  • Identify one person to mentor on AI use — a junior, a peer, someone new to the tools. Schedule 30 minutes.
  • Teach the "when" and "how." When to use AI, when to think, what to always verify. Share your checklist.
  • Create one reusable resource: A doc, a template, or a recorded walkthrough. Something others can use without you.

Week 4: Cement and Communicate

  • Summarize your impact: What did you enable? What did you own? What would break if you left? Write it down.
  • Share upward: In your 1:1 or status update, mention the AI pilot, the standard, the mentorship. Make your multiplier role visible.
  • Protect technical time: Block 4 hours for hands-on work. Use it. Stay sharp. Senior credibility requires it.

Quick Check

You're a Yuki-level engineer with 30 days to evolve from coder to multiplier. What's the RIGHT first step?

You read about the multiplier shift. You agree. You don't change anything. Your calendar stays meetings. You code when you can. Six months pass. Same role.

Click "30-Day Plan" to see the difference →

Do This Next

  1. Start with the pilot. If you haven't proposed one, that's Week 1 Day 1. Everything else builds on it.
  2. Don't skip the mentorship week. Multiplying others is the Staff/Principal signal. One conversation, one resource. Ship it.