What are some great advices given to you by your senior or mentor?

"keep your mouth shut and don't speak unless spoken to." -- my Sr the first time I was joining a meeting with executive leadership.

@sariel so did you?

- "Quality" means nothing unless you define it.
- If you deliver on time with defects, you have not delivered on time.
- When a metric becomes a target, it's no longer good for measuring.
- Leadership is building people and bringing them to the next level.
- Firefighting must be the exception, not the norm.
- How can you change someone else's mind of you don't know where their mind is?
- You always are where you need to be to reach your next level.
- You assume too much.
- When you talk too much you have no opportunity for listening.

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Fucking legend. 🏆

@gosubinit > "Leadership is building people and bringing them to the next level."

I want to buy his book.

Not an exact quote, or from a specific/mentor leader (all the good ones follow this pattern)

Put people first. Whether it be code, building a house, shoveling a walk, put yourself in their shoes and treat people the same way you would like to be treated. aka..the Golden Rule.

Respect is free.

Don't shit where you eat (dating advice).

@true-dev001 hell no. I instantly became the executive favorite though.

Not because I was smart either, but because I was dumb enough to give them what they were asking for regardless of if it was what they *needed*.

I learned. Now I keep fucking mouth shut, and I tell it to all my mentorships as well.

- It's a marathon, not a sprint.

- There's always more work the next day.

- You set the bar for expectations. If you leave 5pm every day and your colleague works late regularly - the boss will subconsciously tend to give extra work to your colleague because "he can handle it, he's used to it"

Yeah I had a slacker mentor but it was great because many juniors take on too much work.