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Roman Sedykh • Edited

1 — At the beginning of my career, I had a completely fracked up big project (music social network) that our team should fix in a week. It was very long and taught week, but there were two lessons I learned:

  • Stay online with your team, even if you don't have anything to do but answer their random questions. The immediate reaction from the leader is a very powerful motivational tool. I was even waking up during the night to see if I somehow can help.
  • During your stay, make every task as detailed and as small as possible. Keep your team focused on executing while you make all decisions.