1. Consistent Understanding In a large organization, we can think of a small team as a microservice. As early as 1967, Conway proposed the concept of the microservice. Conway argued that any organization designing a system will deliver a design whose structure is consistent with that organization’s communication structure. When developing complex systems, we usually split the system into modules.

1. What I Am Thinking About At a big company, you get more opportunities to learn about industry trends and take part in industry change. A large platform does not run on the strength of one person or a few people. If it really could, it would not deserve to be called a large platform.

The team I work with is building a ToB product that has considerable influence in its vertical. This article is a review of key events for the team, and also contains some personal reflections. 1. Be the Best in a Familiar Setting On the internet there is far too much shoddy content, and products that win broad attention and influence are few and far between.

1. Everyone Is Equal Before the Machine Every day we take in a huge amount of digital information, but very little of it actually helps us. Most of it is like junk food: it provides no nourishment, yet it takes up capacity, leaving you unable to dig into the truth and form your own thinking and judgment.

1. Motivation for Asking Questions There are two kinds of motivation for asking questions: passive and active. 2 Passive Passive questioning is the forced action you take when you run into a problem, search for a solution, and come up empty. 2.1 Try to Solve It Yourself When you hit a problem, do not rush to ask others.