Good Engineering Teams Focus Sideways

The best teams put the needs of other teams (questions, requests for help, consultations) before their own 90% of the time.

Teams who only focus upward might get short-term wins, but nobody likes working with them and it always backfire in the end.

This article was originally published on https://craftengineer.com/. It was written by a human and polished using grammar tools for clarity.
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