Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

The first one gets feedback on day two. The second one gets feedback never, because the thing they built was wrong and nobody told them until it was too late. Ship before you're ready.

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a month ago

"Here's a rough version. Does this solve the problem?" That's the product engineer posture. The ticket-taker posture is "I'll let you know when it's done."

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

Velocity is a measure of motion, not direction.

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Stop measuring your week in tickets closed. Start measuring it in problems solved. If you shipped four features and none of them moved a metric, you didn't have a good week. If you shipped nothing but figured out why a feature wasn't landing, you did.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

You'll learn more in twenty minutes than you will in a month of grooming sessions. The PM's summary of a user conversation is not the conversation.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

Talk to a user this week. Not through a PM. Not through a survey. A real conversation. Ask them what they were trying to do the last time your product frustrated them.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

The companies that win now aren't hiring better coders. They're hiring engineers who refuse to be ticket-takers.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

Ramp expects engineers to understand the problem deeply enough to have an opinion. Not "implement the ticket." Not "ask the PM." Have an opinion.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

Ramp's engineering principles include "build what the customer really needs, not what they ask for" and "build opinionated systems."

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

If a new hire can't understand the patterns in a day, an agent can't either. Your test suite is the safety net that makes contribution possible for PMs, designers, and LLMs alike.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

Clear patterns. Thorough tests. Obvious safety rails. Documentation that's current.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

The new engineering job isn't writing code. It's making the codebase safe for anyone to contribute to.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

It's also the first time in years that being an engineer has felt like something worth being.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

What's replacing it is harder. You have to understand the problem. You have to form opinions. You have to ship things that might fail and then figure out why.

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Coleton Gorecke @coletoncodes

a month ago

In 2024, 80% of my department disappeared. When your identity is tied to a skill and that skill becomes a commodity, it doesn't feel like an opportunity. It feels like a rug pull.