01Everyone shipsNo layer of juniors doing the building while someone senior joins the call. The bar is high, the team stays small, and nobody is here to manage other people's output.
02Some roles face clients, some do notIt depends on the role and the project. What is constant is that you own the work you produce, whoever ends up in the room.
03You will be handing your work awayEvery engagement ends with the client running the system themselves. Building something you will not operate forever changes how you build it.
04Tools change constantlyWhat we deploy this quarter is not what we deployed last year. Curiosity is not a nice-to-have here, it is most of the job.