"The most beautiful diamonds are those that survived the most crushing weight. Do not beg for the fire to stop; let it turn you into something so hard and so brilliant that the world cannot help but be blinded by your edge."

#PainIsPower #Ascension #ToxicPositivity #ForgedInFire #Unstoppable #DarkAesthetics #ExtremeOwnership

Norman Kerth’s retrospective Prime Directive:

“Regardless of what we discover, we must understand and truly believe that everyone did the best job [they] could, given what was known at the time, [their] skills and abilities, the resources available, and the situation at hand.”

Coupled with Jocko’s “no bad teams, only bad leaders” out of #ExtremeOwnership, I believe there are benefits to be had by spending time studying and establishing training principles for software development & delivery.

Whenever I fear ANY developer committing code to the main branch, regardless of experience or skill, I am saying “I no faith in our automated software delivery process.”

What I fear most is my lack of a proven process (or experience) to empower teams so “they” can safely build that which I’ve never done before.

GOOD. This is a chance to practice #ExtremeProgramming (XP) and #ExtremeOwnership. To be transparent, vulnerable, to practice humility in sight of those I serve. Together, we got this!

Before uttering the word “rewrite” make sure you have read the book, #ExtremeOwnership. Then show some of your code in production, used by actual users, at an equivalent scale.

Neither #microservices nor #monoliths will solve the root cause of putting in the hard work to: listen first, learn deeply, and take serious mastering the craft of software development and delivery.

"Don't ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do."

#extremeownership #management #gamdev