I’ve had a few bosses give the speech about no heroes.
If I’ve given a speech, well there are several but the one relevant here is instead of trying to build the perfect product, building the best product we can build.
If you don’t follow that constraint you end up in Kernighan’s Law territory, and the wheels eventually come off.
Know your strengths. Build up or compliment your weaknesses, stop trying to Fake It Til You Make It when you’ve made it most of the way to where you’re going to get.
If I’ve given a speech, well there are several but the one relevant here is instead of trying to build the perfect product, building the best product we can build.
If you don’t follow that constraint you end up in Kernighan’s Law territory, and the wheels eventually come off.
Know your strengths. Build up or compliment your weaknesses, stop trying to Fake It Til You Make It when you’ve made it most of the way to where you’re going to get.