The following is my rather presumptuous professional credo.

1. Love your job and if possible, your company.
2. Get the job done, titles subserve the job you do.
3. When trouble erupts, focus on resolving it instead of looking to blame.
4. If the work environment sucks, try to enliven it, then live with it, else get out quickly!
5. Critique the work, not the person.
6. Prohibit thyself from taking pleasure in doing #5.
7. Work, don’t please your boss.
8. If you have to fight for a hike or promotion, you are probably in the wrong company.
9. Processes are mere crutches: you need legs to walk.
10. Say it in English, not in bureaucratese.

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