Snark from nerds is a leading indicator that I'm wasting their time and when I find it, I ask questions until I understand the inefficiency so I can change it or explain it.
Managers tell you where you are, leaders tell you where you're going.
Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.
You have no idea if your idea matters until you share it.
Your work speaks for you.
If we're 15 minutes into a lifeless, redundant, status-based 1:1 and I don't have anything sitting in my back pocket, I'm going to turn it into a performance review.