It's tempting to show people
your highlight reel.
The clean wins.
The times you knew exactly what to do.
It makes you look good.
It also makes you useless.
Because the person in front of you
isn't stuck in your highlight reel.
They're stuck in the messy middle,
and they think they're the only one.
Tell them about the outage you caused.
The project you fumbled.
The year you felt like a fraud.
Not to make it about you —
to show them the mess is survivable,
that everyone competent
walked through the same fog.
Your wins impress people.
Your scars set them free.
– Asael Shinder
