There’s something profoundly humbling about being new. It strips away our carefully constructed competence, leaving us exposed in our not-knowing. We carry the ghosts of past criticism, expecting harsh judgment, only to find that the loudest critic lives within. A couple of months ago, the startup I worked for got acquired. Since then, I’ve taken on a new role in the larger company that bought us. Going from a actually fun 30-person team to a 900+ employee conglomerate was, to put it plainly,...
