leadership

“Do you know what leadership means, Lord Snow? It means that the person in charge gets second-guessed by every clever little tw*t with a mouth. But if he starts second-guessing himself, that’s the end.” - Ser Alliser Thorne Before I became a senior software engineer I often thought my beloved company was terrible at their architecture. I questioned a lot of decisions. But decision making at scale is difficult....

If you’re ahead of others, you become people’s go to person. It means more involvement. More challenge and opportunities to grow and network. Being first means you can pave the way for others and be helpful. It’s one of the key traits of a lead. Main Advantages of being first You can set the tone, guidelines that you want others to follow. And not you following others. Often you’re late into some bad architecture....