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It's a big mental difference between "I will proceed until someone convinces me it's not a good idea" and "I'm waiting for permission to proceed". One of the biggest differences between a senior and junior engineer. The senior engineer will have confidence to and foresight to see potential issues before they started prototyping, and have already decided that they have a workaround or that those concerns are not showstoppers. The junior engineer is unsure and timid, needs others to map out the potential issues for them.

Sr. SDM from Amazon here. This podcast is solid gold. Thanks for sharing these ideas.

Total ✅ Predicting potential blockers early has saved me so much time, definitely a skill worth developing early in your career

This reminds me of Dan Harmon's writing advice: assume you're a bad writer, and prove it by shipping something horrible

I might try “to do the work you understand the least first.” I have great examples of this and got some new projects where will apply this. Thanks.

I think one of my big learning points from junior to senior engineer is people will give you conflicting requirements because managers collect "gripes" and wants from multiple leads. MAKE THEM choose and if they won't, pick a default based on a sensible argument (org stack rank, customer importance etc) and shout it loudly. I was asked to refactor an internal system when I knew that refactor was incompatible with a next gen technical upgrade. I told everyone point blank that I am not going to do this refactor if you want the next gen technical upgrade and didn't have my focus divided.

very detailed & clear explanation.. most people talk about DSA, system design, etc but the things you described in this video are equally important, thanks for sharing!

i love this approach, im so used to waiting, and now i realize waiting is stupid. act now and adjust later

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