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.

Good design isn't about making decisions for your users, it's about making those decisions irrelevant.

A milestone is less date and more definition.

I am a firm believer that you need a well-defined leadership role to deal with unexpected and non-linear side effects of people working together. You need someone to keep the threads untangled and forming a high-functioning web rather than a big snarl of a Gordian knot.

Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.

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.

You have no idea if your idea matters until you share it.