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Scope of influence. A senior should be defining and building things within their team. A staff engineer or a principal should be influencing things more broadly than their team.

Correct. The old not what you know but who you know. Unless you've developed that influence and lived the role then most don't understand what it entails. Getting things done at a massive company can be very hard.

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