Personal User Manual
This personal user manual includes short descriptions of my background, values, and communication style. This should help us in collaborating easier. Please share your own personal-user’s manual.
1. Introduction
- Name: Ankush Choubey
- Role: Full-Stack Developer (Currently Backend Engineer)
- Location: Navi Mumbai, India
- Core Values: I take my core values seriously
- Gyaan - Knowledge / Clarity / Truth / Optimism
- Karma - Responsibility / Discipline
- Bhakti - Devotion / Team Work
2. Working Style
- Preferred Communication:
- Delayed Response: On Ticket
- This is best because it let’s everyone know what’s up with work
- Quicker Response: Slack
- Type out the entire message instead of sending “Hi”
- Immediate Needs: Roam
- Delayed Response: On Ticket
- Availability: 2 PM to 11 PM IST with regular breaks
3. Strengths
- TDD (Test-Driven Development):
- Skilled in writing tests before code to ensure quality.
- You can ask me how to do TDD or how tests can be improved.
- Extreme Optimism:
- We can implement anything and everything.
- If you come across an annoyance in code, we can discuss and come up with solution over a few days or weeks.
- Systems Thinking:
- I am very good at creating systems as code or as processes.
4. Weaknesses
- Hesitant to Ask for Help:
- I tend to prefer solving problems independently but sometimes I can be really stuck.
- If you are my manager, you can ask if I need help somewhere?
- Focus on Refactoring:
- Prioritize reducing technical debt, which can delay immediate delivery.
- Slow Thinker:
- I’ll take time to come up with designs. But it’ll be well thought through.
- Estimation::
- Estimates never work well as I start focusing on cleaning code and improving it.
5. Motivation
- Clean Code:
- I strive for high-quality, maintainable code.
- Efficiency:
- Deliver more outcomes with fewer working hours through better architecture and engineering practices.
6. Preferences
- Feedback:
- I can be very flawed. I’ll be grateful for feedbacks. They help me grow.
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