"As I was putting this talk together, I happened to be watching a lot of old cartoons and reading comics from the '80s and '90s. I noticed a pattern that I felt would be a great analogy for the message I want to get across today. In so many of these shows, you've got a villain or an evil organization working towards some world domination or other malignant aims, and these are our bad guys."
"What often happens, though, is that the good guys are throwing everything they can at the enemy. They're using all of their abilities, often one at a time, but are continuing to struggle to defeat the bad guys. It looks like all hope is lost and the good guys aren't going to make it this time. Defeat looks inevitable. Then the good guys pull out one final stop."
"Finally, they are successful in overcoming the enemy. They save the day, and the enemy retreats off to come up with some new evil plan to work on some other day. For today, good prevails. It was all thanks to that ultimate attack. I often wonder to myself, why didn't they just do that first instead of wasting all that time and energy? Of course, the answer is because then there wouldn't be a show."
Many narratives portray heroes who try many tactics before deploying a final decisive move that wins the day. Such stories illustrate how teams can exhaust time and energy on lower-impact actions while the most effective intervention remains unused. Engineering work faces relentless roadblocks that reduce productivity and prevent teams from doing their best work. Prioritizing and applying high-impact, empathy-driven platform solutions early can remove recurring impediments and accelerate outcomes. Practical operational tips that emphasize targeted fixes, shared ownership, and streamlined processes can act as immediate, powerful tools to increase engineering velocity and reduce wasted effort.
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