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Doing things for people is rarely as helpful as it seems like it should be. If they don’t understand what you built, you’ve made things worse. If they don’t know how to maintain it, you’ve made things worse. If you didn’t know enough about their requirements to get implementation correct, you’ve made things worse. If they don’t care about using or maintaining the thing you’ve built because they didn’t build it and have no sense of ownership or obligation to it, you’ve made things worse.
All the Best Engineering Advice I Stole From Non-Technical People
Marianne Bellotti
Most of the time, you’ll notice that you already have opinions about this person, even if you’ve been talking only for a few minutes. Opinions and first impressions form incredibly fast but change slowly and rarely.
Change the Way You Speak to Change Yourself
Valerie
"There is a difference between moving fast and rushing. You can move fast and be thoughtful. When you rush, you sacrifice thoughtfulness. Conversely, when you are thoughtful but not moving fast, you are overthinking it. Procrastination in disguise. Don’t rush, but don’t wait."
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