> - I ruthlessly pared down requirements. This, I'm starting to think, is one of the most important parts of the job. When people have their heads down in tech

> - I ruthlessly pared down requirements. This, I'm starting to think, is one of the most important parts of the job. When people have their heads down in technicalities, every requirement becomes a challenge they gladly accept. But in practise, you have to match the workload to the workers. That's the only way to ever do things on time. (Though I am useful when I reject requirements, I do try to teach my team to stop every now and then and consider the actual value of requirements for themselves. I don't want them to depend on me for workload adjustments.)