It is better to ship something rather than spend endless time trying to perfect a product that never sees production.
Seek out feedback and iterate
Small teams ship faster, having less cooks in the kitchen.
Teams that use AI will see productivity boosts, teams not using AI will get left behind.
At Large Companies
Speed matters but is not always the best. This can be for many reasons, but mainly boils down to Risk > Reward. Shipping a small bug can result in a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars at the scale large companies operate at. This doesn't mean small teams/companies can't have large losses due to bugs, but typically the impact is proportional to the size of the company.
The larger the team, the more planning and alignment required.
Sometimes starting over is necessary
Anyone can do anything
Hard work and determination beats talent 9 times out of 10
Get 1% better everyday
Hard working people are positioned to get lucky
You can learn or accomplish anything if you put in the effort
Climbing the ladder
Visibility can take you a long way. How will anyone discover your work without visibility?
High Agency will make your manager's job easier and they will reward you for it.
Domain knowledge being a domain expert is a must. Know your domain like the back of your hand.
Understanding and delivering impact is more important than delivering the most technically sound feature that has noe impact.
Humility
Stay humble. We are lifelong learners. You will never know everything, so don't act like it.
Your job title does not give you the right to belittle someone.
Junior Devs often offer a new perspective that Senior+ Devs might not have.
Communication
Mismatched expectations lead to disappointment
Underpromise, overdeliver
Be the first to admit that you made a mistake.
Get a Mentor, Be a Mentor
Mentors offer a level of wisdom and knowledge you cannot obtain from anywhere else. I would not be where I am today without my mentors.
We owe it to the community to pass our advise and wisdom down to the next generation.