It’s been far too long since I’ve blogged. In this post, I want to reflect on some things I’ve learned as a senior engineer and try to synthesize them into a personal engineering philosophy. table of contents impact over productivity “It depends” Cleverness kills “Business knows best” Ignore best practices (sometimes) Code is the easy part “No Mysteries” Abstract & optimize later You Aren’t Going To Need It (Probably) impact over productivity If you have to optimize for something as an engineer, it should be impact.