• thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    +1 on the book idea. Sounds like a delightful read. I have a similar philosophy as well that’s worked for me. I’ve never once cared about getting credit or props, I make my boss/team look like geniuses. That naturally tends to reward you as well. Great individual contributors are actually pretty rare. Out of hundreds of engineers I’ve worked with closely, only a few were brilliant in the way you described.

    If you’re looking for related reading, perhaps for inspiration, there’s a great book called

    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain.

    I highly recommend it.