High Growth Engineer

High Growth Engineer

Being blocked sucks. Here's what to do when it happens

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Jordan Cutler
Jun 04, 2023
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There are 2 things even the most opinionated software engineers can agree on:

  1. Naming is hard.

  2. Being blocked sucks

But you need to deal with both of those—Every. Single. Day.

Today, we’ll talk about #2, how to overcome it, and how not to be like the skeleton below.

Knowing how to handle being blocked effectively can easily 2-5x your output.

⭐️ Main takeaways

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