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leadership

Discomfort Needs Safety

Growth requires discomfort. Whether that's growing pains as a child, or uncomfortable conversations and feedback, we have to confront and address an existing, comfortable reality, and explore something beyond it. By definition, going out of our comfort zone is, well, uncomfortable. So if you want growth, you need
22 Aug 2025 2 min read
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impact

Have More Impact by Doing the Right Work

Writing code—no matter how much, how fast, or how challenging—is not the same thing as having impact on a business. As engineers, we're rarely taught how to think about and describe the work we do in terms of its impact or effects. We're left
27 Jan 2025 5 min read
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