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Coding practices at MAANG companies versus startups

Software Engineering Unlocked

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How Do You Influence Culture on a Team?

I didn't realize I was good at influencing culture until like pretty maybe like 10 or 15 years into my career but I think I was kind of doing it accidentally. The first thing you have to do is just kind of figure out the dynamics of the team and understand who who has influence on the team. Then after that a few months in you can start to think about what are what's like a low-risk thing that I can contribute so like redoing the code. You've never heard the term social currency but it's like you're you're making yourself valuable to the team  so that later on when you're recommending things that are more risky that people are gonna have more trusting

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