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I feel the same sometimes. Then I look at it as handing it off to an intern to do the preliminary work. As long as I actually look at it sanity sake then I'm still on the loop. That opens doors for more tasks. If I want to research I can and it doesn't mean I'm dumb because I offloaded. It just means I delegated and had time for stuff I cared to do.

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But a senior engineer is only able to effectively delegate to interns because of years spent as that intern/a junior engineer.

If you're a junior engineer or an intern doing this, I think it might be harmful long-term.

I know plenty of senior engineers who couldn't delegate to save their life ;) There is always someone less experienced to make the metaphor work: "Imagine you are doing a group project at school with someone who's sometimes wrong but also diligent"

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