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.
A toxic person kills, and by kills I mean totally destroys teamwork.
A milestone is less date and more definition.
Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.
Innovation is not born out out of a committee; innovation is a fight. It’s messy, people die, but when the battle is over, something unimaginably significant has been achieved.