"Gather perspectives widely but write alone. Just be careful not to fall in love with what you’ve written until after you’ve reviewed it with others."Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track
"Get out and talk to people, and avoid working in silos. We often see the data team working in a bubble, not communicating with people outside their departments and getting perspectives and feedback from business stakeholders. The danger is you’ll spend a lot of time working on things of little use to people"By Fundamentals of Data Engineering
"Given the pace of change—and the decoupling/modularization of technologies across your [data] architecture—always strive to pick the best-of-breed solutions that work for today. Also, be prepared to upgrade or adopt better practices as the landscape evolves."By Fundamentals of Data Engineering
"Good cooking takes time; some tasks cannot be hurried without spoiling the result."By Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition
"Good Design Is Easier to Change Than Bad Design"By The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition