Protecting My Peace: How I Stay Motivated Facing 'Impossible' Deadlines
In software engineering, there is often a tension between the reality of discovery and the rigidity of a roadmap. We are frequently handed a destination and an arrival time before we’ve even had a chance to check the engine.
Right now, my team is in the thick of a significant integration with a complex third-party platform. The technical requirements are heavy: our APIs need to interact with theirs, and we need to upload all our sponsored campaigns to their platform to begin experimentation.
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