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1) when getting things done: the connective tissue of human relationships is at least of equal importance as the technical merits of a solution

2) in relationships: over and explicit communicating is never bad

3) always be an optimist - the world has always had problems, and not every problem will be solved in my lifetime - so push the needle, and live happily.

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A sister team under the same director offered a relevant platform, and we couldn't really turn it down. We went with an architecture based on human relationships instead of technical merit. The team sitting next to me, facing the Sisyphean task of operating a correct and reliable product on this platform, all burned out and left within a year.

I've taken away the opposite of your #1.

The first one is so beautiful it'll stay

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