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LOL the writing in this book: "if old habits die hard, the free-radical idea is heroin"

Free book and great summary of startup advice you've probably heard of before

The tech lead is learning how to be a strong technical project manager, and as such, they are scaling themselves by delegating work effectively without micromanaging. They focus on the whole team's productivity and strive to increase the impact of the team's work product.

# Symptoms of Complexity
- Change amplification: seemingly simple changes requiring code modifications in many different places.
- Cognitive load: how much a developer needs to know in order to complete a task.

Cognitive load arises in many ways, such as APIs with many methods, global variables, inconsistencies, and dependencies between modules.

"A person who doesn't know their purpose in life doesn't know who they are or what the universe is. So what to make of people who seek or avoid the praise of those who have no knowledge of where or who they are." -Marcus Aurelius

At an interesting part of the book talking about early birds and night owls. Tends to coincide with whether you were born in the spring (early bird) or winter (night owl).

Deceptively intuitive so if you're not careful you'll undervalue the gems of advice in this book. There are passages in here I want to extract to be able to use to reorient myself. Ex: When I worry about being a generalist, there's this great passage about the values of being a generalist in Tip 7's Be a Generalist.