Move Fast and Break Things Was Fun. Now We’re Paying For It.

The most valuable engineers I've worked with often looked... less "productive". They weren't always the fastest at closing tickets. They didn't push the most code. Sometimes it even felt like they were slowing things down. And yet, somehow, teams around them ended up dealing with a lot less bullshit six months later. Typical story: an API occasionally responds in 10 seconds under load. Not always. Just often enough to become painful. A ticket shows up: "Need to fix slow responses ASAP." One engi