#32 | Sunday reads for EMs
My favourite reads of the week to make your Sunday a little more inspiring.
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Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail (Lalit Maganti)
tl;dr: Treat influence like a bank account - you earn deposits through shipping and being low-friction, then spend carefully on pushback. Being right and being effective are different skills, and burning credibility on unwinnable battles means you won’t have it when stakes are high.
