I, Engineer!

I am, I want to be an engineer. I am not to be classified into cubicles called developer or operations. I don’t want to be a contractor or a consultant. I will not chuck my work over the wall to someone else to test and then move on! I will not inform someone with access to production systems of my migration at the end of an iteration. I will invite them to barbeques! I, Engineer!

I will keep my work transparent. I will talk to my tech leads and seniors and learn. I will say ‘I don’t know!’ when I don’t know. I will argue vociferously when I know I am right. I will listen to other people when they argue vociferously. I will compromise when I am not the only one who is right. I, Engineer!

I do not care what language I have to code in. I do not care what framework I have to use. I will do my best to deliver the best product that can be delivered. I will not rigidly adhere to a methodology for the sake of adhering to a methodology. I will not force a process on my team. I will encourage my team to try adapt processes to the ones that seem natural. I, Engineer!

I will automate my workload as much as I can. I will automate test suites and deployment and provisioning. I will not automate thinking. I will not outsource thinking. I will not contract out thinking. I, Engineer!

I will have a work life balance. I will go home and spend time with my family, a lot of time. I will not spend 20 hours a day at work. I will make sure that no one has to spend 20 hours a day at work.

I, Engineer