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The Stress Equation
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The Stress Equation

by Marcus Lagre
August 2024
Beginner to intermediate
128 pages
3h 8m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Team Responsibility

In all other aspects, Cumulus was a perfect team. We were helpful and service-minded, and we cared about each other. Within the team, we had psychological safety by the bucketful.

As pressure increased to add more customers to an already unstable system, the sense of urgency to replace Silverlight and the Fortran algorithms, stabilize the system, and modernize the software was palpable. We had been working under pressure for a long time, but at some point, without us noticing the exact moment, we passed a threshold, and our situation was no longer sustainable. We had always been able to stay in good spirits and maintain a helpful attitude, but circumstances were starting to wear on us.

When we started migrating functionality ...

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