These are the principles by which I operate. They are the values that ultimately guide my decisions and behaviors. I’ve curated this list by being an astute observer of what made certain projects succeed while others failed. It’s an accumulation of the wisdom I’ve gained throughout the years and I hope others can benefit from it.
Lead From the Front
- No ivory towers
- Leaders are teachers and engineers
- We talk code and tech at all levels
Continuous Learning
- We learn by doing
- We play and experiment
- We inspect and adapt
- Mistakes aren’t punitive
- We share knowledge, we don’t hoard it
Continuous Improvement
- Stop and fix culture
- Quality is everyone’s job
- We build in quality from the start
- Leave it better than you found it
- We value the opinion’s of those closest to the work
Measure What Matters
- We measure what matters
- We consider the surrounding context.
- Metrics don’t replace sound judgement and experience
- Because we measured something, doesn’t guarantee it’s important.
- You can’t measure everything that’s important.
Fast Feedback
- From real users
- From working software
- Progress over perfection
- Relentless automation