Nearly a year I joined the—not quite as crazy as I thought, but with a lot more pulled pork than I could have ever imagined—world of startups, in London. I was offered a job by the amazing guys at Gitter. Few months in, and I s**t you not: I have learned more than I had ever though possible at university, by 10-fold.
I want to take some time to talk about the 2 things that I believe are the most valuable lessons that I’ve learned so far. These are:
- Software is about people.
- Detail Matters.
The first point hit me like a train. How could it not have? I’d been writing software from my accommodation, or in the labs. On my own. Read about it.
I simply love this, features are great, but experiences are amazing… experiences make you love a product. Here’s an example from something that we thought about at Gitter.
This to me is great. It’s such a small part of the experience but it adds so much. To me it is what software is about, subtle moments of realisation of how lazy we can be.