Often structure my engineering teams to be reflective and introspective as a group. This is the way to continuous improvement, we do this through a cadence of sprint retrospectives, correction of error reporting, and leveraging data to inform and discuss performance.

It’s good to reflect periodically on your career in the same light on some cadence. Sometimes those opportunities arise when you’re seeking a new job. You may get asked a very popular question, especially as a leader. “What would you have done differently?”, it’s good to reflect on this and have a solid narrative.

[No Ragrets Tattoo photo]

Humans are great at rationalizing their decisions, as we say, hindsight is 20/20. It may be difficult to reconcile with your previous decisions, but it’s good exercise. Upon my own reflection I noticed patterns that have reinforced how I look at specific situations moving forward: