Read code written by brilliant engineers.Make a daily habit of acquiring new skills.Autonomy: Freedom to choose what to work on.Openness: Look for culture with curiosity, where everyone is encouraged to ask questions.Make sure you are working on high priority projects.Fast Growth: Companies where #problems > #resources.Seek Work Environments Conducive to Learning.Invest your time in activities with the highest learning rate.Prioritize learning over profitability.Working on unchallenging tasks is a huge opportunity cost.Earlier the compounding starts, the better. Those with a growth mindset believe that they can cultivate and grow their intelligence and skills through effort.Optimizing for learning is high leverage.Focus on high leverage and not just easy wins.80% of the impact comes from 20% of the work.Use Leverage as Your Yardstick for Effectiveness.Leverage = Impact Produced / Time Invested.Effective Engineers produce results.Īdopt the Right Mindsets Focus on High Leverage Activities They are the people who get things done.
I was also not able to find the author's name, so I cannot give him/her the proper credits. I've just copy-pasted it from somewhere over the Internet, but I cannot remember what exactly the original source is. FWIW: I'm not the author of the content presented here (which is an outline from Edmond Lau's book).
