Senior engineers are living in the future
Oh God. No.<p>&quot;Ensure that you are fulfilling the expectations of your manager&quot;<p>Please please do not assume your manager is any good at their job. 
Talk to your users. Find a way to identify them and get feedback from them.
Keep your manager in the loop sure. But don&#x27;t wait for requirements to come down from on high.<p>&quot;Every step up in job title is equivalent to living perhaps 1–2 days further into the future.&quot;
No. If an organisation passes information down through the hierarchy then 
by the time it reaches you (it&#x27;s more like 1-2 weeks if not months into the future) then it&#x27;s already moved on.<p>The US military tries hard to put decision making at the front line where it is most up to date. At the Battle of Jutland the British ships in the fleet had to radio its positions and sightings back to London, so London could update its &quot;board&quot; and radio to the Admiral in the fleet.  This Admiral was this working on data that ships a mile or two away from him had had hours ago, but he was only just getting.  This lead to an inconclusive battle.<p>Anyway.<p>Open information is way important.