"If someone needs to take notes, raise your hand. If someone needs to follow up on action items, be available. Prioritize being useful, especially when it isn’t the most exciting work."Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track
"If the meeting doesn’t have notes, was it really worth getting together? Meeting notes are a great example of glue work. If a junior person is taking notes, they’re unable to participate, and it’s considered low-status administrative work. If a senior person takes notes, they’re making sure the meeting is effective, and everyone’s very impressed!"—The Staff Engineer's Path
"If the meeting doesn’t have notes, was it really worth getting together? Meeting notes are a great example of glue work. If a junior person is taking notes, they’re unable to participate, and it’s considered low-status administrative work. If a senior person takes notes, they’re making sure the meeting is effective, and everyone’s very impressed!"—The Staff Engineer's Path
"If there is some point you haven’t thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention. Perhaps this disagreement is your opportunity to be corrected before you make a serious mistake."How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders
"If you can reach your goal by empowering someone else to do better work, that’s just as much a victory as if you solve it yourself. Consider your impact to be what wouldn’t have happened without you, not just what you personally did."—The Staff Engineer's Path