Why not create a StaffEng Slack or Discord?

I’m in the process of releasing Staff Engineer, and a really great question I’ve gotten a few times recently has been, “Are you planning to create a Slack or Discord server focused on creating a Staff-plus engineering community?”

The answer is no, but the longer answer is more interesting.

One of my focuses last year was learning more about creating new communities, and towards that end I did two experiments in community creation. In January, I created a handful of CTO/VPE/Staff Engineer lea...