Let’s be honest: every tech team has that person. They stride into meetings, drop frameworks like confetti, and sprinkle in buzzwords that make you wonder if they’re secretly building the next Google at home.
They sound brilliant. They talk a big game.
But jump over to the sprint board—and… their tickets?
Still “In Progress.”
Every week.
Every demo.
It’s always “almost ready.”
Now, in the same room, there’s someone else.
They don’t say much.
They’re not pitching the next big method.
They’re not looking for the spotlight.
They’re just doing the work.
They listen more than they speak.
They nod.
They go heads-down, code like a storm, and quietly ship the features everyone’s been waiting on.
No drama. No fireworks. Just pure output.
🎙️ The Attention Problem in Tech
Most teams end up giving attention to loud thinkers—the folks who shine in presentations—when the real engine is the consistent doers in the background.
It feels like presenting is contributing, but contribution only counts when something gets shipped.
Ever worked on a product that finally scaled?
You know who did the heavy lifting:
- Not the meeting champions
- Not the strategy wizards
- But the quiet, reliable builders who deliver consistently
🚀 The Truth About Scaling Products
Ideas are everywhere, but growth comes from consistently showing up.
The real difference makers?
- Commits
- Fixes
- Iterations
- Shipped features
- A-ha moments for users
- Problems that vanish quietly
That’s product velocity—talk is cheap, shipping is priceless.
🧠 Why Leaders Need to Value Finishers Over Talkers
Nothing wrong with being strategic or articulate.
But leaders must remember:
👉 Showcasing without delivery? Just vaporware.
👉 Being loud isn’t the same as being useful.
👉 Being visible doesn’t mean being valuable.
Great leaders notice patterns:
- Who quietly closes every ticket?
- Who finishes what they start?
- Who keeps making unstoppable progress?
Those people grow the product.
🔥 At Ysquare, We Shift the Attention
At Ysquare, we learned this the hard way:
Celebrate the movers, not the speakers.
Don’t crown the one who knows the most—support the one who moves the product forward.
Every org has talkers.
Every startup has jargon experts.
But only a few people actually ship.
Those are the ones who change product trajectory.
💬 Final Thought
Opinion doesn’t grow your company.
Execution does.
Volume doesn’t scale your product.
Output does.
So ask yourself:
Are we optimizing for noise or for velocity?
Because in tech, the quiet ones aren’t quiet due to lack of ideas.
They’re quiet because they’re busy—actually building the future.
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