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		rustystump 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I influence tech company politics as a staff s... I think this article completely misses a critical point at staff level, being a force multiplier cross functionally. Api is slow, api wasnt being gzipd, good snack, give snack to other eng, find more snack. Oh look product doesnt have metric, get product the metric, now team look good because boss see what team do.

bdangubic 3 months ago [–]

I build my entire career doing exactly this and after three decades in the industry, last one as a contractor, this is one of the very core things I do…

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