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Radical Responsibility

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Maintaining trust is more important than being seen as successful

Radical Responsibility When presenting work I have a simple rule: never let anyone outflank you with criticism. I don’t want anyone to be more critical of my work than I am. If I did something wrong I want to be the one to say it. If there is a risk I want to highlight it. If there is conflict I want to expose it. I recall one particular review when someone raised a concern about a bug they had read about. I quickly assured them: “oh no, it is much worse than you think” and proceeded with a litany of related mistakes they hadn’t read about. I adopted this approach early in my career and feel i

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