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Fran Soto's avatar

Interesting read, Raviraj!

I'd say your efforts of talking to people increased your "luck surface area". That senior tech lead wouldn't have found you if you didn't move yourself first!

Now you may have a better "map" of how orgs are structured so you know who to talk with. But I guess you only learn that with time. For those who don't have the understanding at first, move yourself!

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Anton Zaides's avatar

I loved the story! It’s crazy how different things would have played out if you didn’t take the initiative to understand the root cause.

One funny thing I’ve noticed is that when your customers are engineers, you tend to judge them much more harshly, and with less empathy.

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