Knowing Within a Week: A Senior Engineer's Career Reflections
2025-06-12
A seasoned engineer shares her years of experience: within the first week of every new job, she intuitively knows whether it's the right fit. This intuition isn't always accurate, but proves remarkably reliable in the long run. She illustrates this with several examples, highlighting the importance of value alignment for managers, who must invest themselves fully, not just their output. Finally, she uses the 'chicken and pig' analogy to differentiate managers from engineers: engineers are 'involved', managers are 'committed'.
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