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Career Advices

Focus.

Be patient.

Stay Humble.

Listen & Learn.

Influence people around you.

Make life worthy living.

Stay on a path.

Focus on your strengths.

Listen to your users.

Optimize for simplicity.

Prioritize ruthlessly.

Underpromise, overdeliver.

Be calm and confident (Always Smile).

Be aware of your blindspots.

Don’t worry about things you cannot change.

Make everything measurable.

Taking care of yourself first.

Focus on Measurable Impact.

Views humility collectively.

Always ask: What can I do for you today?

What gets measured, gets done.

Work with people who you can learn from.

Good leaders are willing to be hated.

Always put the other person 1st and say foo and I. 

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Collect feedback early.

Manage expectations often and early.

Don’t Criticize, Condemn or Complain.

Always face yourself honestly and continue to polish.

Let your manager speak, explain their expectations.

Say what people need to know. Do not say more than you need to.

Strive to align “skills, interest and opportunity”, take the long view.

If you think a problem is too big for you, go do it anyway.

Be a team player and do what your lead asks you to do.

When in disagreement, first thank someone for what they are doing and then question them.

Do not be attached to code because of how much effort you put into it. Bad code needs to be discarded.

One finger pointing at the other person, three fingers pointing back at us.

I am doing a great job, I am calm and at peace, I am good enough, I am perfect at this moment.

When angry, count to 10 before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.

Do not be attached to code because of how much effort you put into it. Bad code needs to be discarded.

One finger pointing at the other person, three fingers pointing back at us.

I am doing a great job, I am calm and at peace, I am good enough, I am perfect at this moment.

When angry, count to 10 before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.

A can-do optimistic attitude needs to be tempered with a critical look at project goals and timelines.

For junior engineers, don’t limit yourself to a predefined model, say “I will see what can be done” when asked to help.

Be clear and concise about what you want your audience to know.

Play to your strengths, and work on things that you care about. Focus on doing the right thing, and the rest will follow.

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

Take care of all challenging/annoying tasks at the beginning of the day.

In reality, there is no such thing as a perfect solution. acknowledge the risks in what we do not know, and make the best decision from there.

Reference:

Manager and Employee Feedback Examples: How To Give Feedback at Work https://www.leapsome.com/blog/manager-and-employee-feedback-examples-how-to-give-feedback-at-work Learn about Google’s manager research https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/managers-identify-what-makes-a-great-manager/steps/learn-about-googles-manager-research/