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Death to the invincible engineer

Juraj Malenica on March 20, 2024

“No vulnerability, no creativity. No tolerance for failure, no innovation. It is that simple. If you’re not willing to fail, you can’t innovate. If...
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Rachel Fazio

I LOVED this article. What a great summarization of vulnerability in the workplace and the importance of creating a welcoming environment towards the full human-hood of people. Hell yes.

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Juraj Malenica

I'm glad you liked it! This isn't such a popular topic, so I'm very glad it reaches people like you who think about vulnerabilityc and its effects

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Michael Tharrington

Just gotta say that Brené Brown is awesome and your post is doing a great job of communicating these ideas around vulnerability. Thanks for sharing this!

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Amélie

Thank you for writing and sharing this. I like to consider this as the (underrated) cornerstone of the success of the team and of your own happiness as developer. As a self-taught junior dev who also feels overwhelmed by incompetency I wish I would witness this in my senior peers, but more often than not I feel like I'm exposing myself without getting any support and understanding in return. Your post gives me hope that this can change.

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Josefine Schfr

Such an important topic and insightful article, touching upon so many crucial points in an approachable way. Really appreciate it! We should discuss vulnerability more in the workplace <3

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idjuka

Very insightful. Thank you :)