Career Development Prework
(1) The three behaviors that most resonated with me were (14) Never accept freelance work in an unfamiliar technology, (22) Skip a lot of meetings, and (26) Act as a leader, not a boss. The freelance piece resonated because freelance is a piece of coding that I consider to be an advantage and something that I'd like to incorporate in the future, so it was nice to have valuable clarification on the idea. The skipping meetings one because I am coming from an environment where weekly meetings are the norm even when no work is being accomplished. Too many people are afraid to cancel a meeting that serves no purpose. And the leader one because it is the absolute truth. And also the primary reason why I'm more interested in excelling technically so I can support teams in that way, than to excel as a people manager.
(2) Coming from the background of lean six sigma and process improvement, I'm already a firm believer in checklists and have used them many times in career already. I