When should we launch?
Everyone is right. Nobody is launching the same thing.
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Everyone's right.
Same question, one answer per character. Nobody's wrong, they're just answering a different question than the person next to them.
When should we make the infra scalable?
Everyone is right. Scale solves the problem each of them is actually worried about.
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What do we do about the project in Nebraska?
Everyone has a plan for Nebraska. Nobody asked Nebraska.
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When should we rewrite it?
Everyone agrees it needs a rewrite. Nobody agrees which one.
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When should we add tests?
Everyone writes tests. For a different bug.
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When is it done?
It's done twelve times. It will never be done.
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Should this be a meeting?
Everyone's right. That's why this is a meeting.
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What should our KPI be?
Everyone measured something. Nobody measured the same company.
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What are our OKRs?
Twelve objectives. One quarter.
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Who should we hire next?
Everyone is hiring for the company they think we are.
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A genie grants you three wishes. What do you ask for?
Thirty-six wishes. Nobody wished for less work.
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There are 14 competing standards. What do we do?
Situation: there are now 15 competing standards.
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Should we automate this?
Everyone saved five minutes a week. It took the whole quarter.
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The only answer online is "nvm, fixed it" from 2011. Now what?
Twelve fixes. Nobody will post them.
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Someone is wrong on the internet. What do you do?
Everyone is right. That's the problem with the internet.
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The fix breaks a workflow that relied on the bug. Ship it?
The bug had more fans than the feature.
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During a critical incident
Twelve responders, one outage, thirteen root causes.
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On launch day
Twelve launches. One product.
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During the team building
Everyone bonded, mostly with their own habits.
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During the escape game
Twelve strategies. Out in 59 minutes. The door was unlocked.
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Their perfect weekend
Everyone rested exactly the way they work.
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What should get you promoted?
Twelve promotion packets, each describing a different job.
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What is the all-hands for?
Everyone had something to say. The Q&A got four minutes.
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How long should CI take?
Everyone wants CI faster. Nobody wants to delete their test.
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We need to cut costs. Where do we start?
Everyone found savings. In someone else's budget.
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We have budget. What should we invest more in?
Everyone wants to invest. Mostly in being more themselves.
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What should we look for in the next hire?
Twelve interviewers. The ideal candidate is twelve people.
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