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		baron816 on Jan 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Staff Engineer Communities Anyone know where the term “staff” came from?

ambrose2 on Jan 24, 2022 | [–]

I associate it with the title “Member of Technical Staff” which I’ve read was popularized at places like Bell Labs.

anon776 on Jan 24, 2022 | [–]

Similar to the military term for staff sergeant is how I imagined it.

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