My Work Guidelines
Good work guidelines help cultivate deep thinking and professional behavior.
- Principle-minded
Focus on the “why” behind things, not just “how”.
This helps enhance problem-solving skills and makes decisions more forward-looking and adaptable. - Ticket-minded
Track all tasks through tickets, rather than relying on emails or chats.
This keeps work organized and transparent, making follow-up easier. - Automation-minded
Use tools and scripts to automate repetitive tasks, avoiding manual operations.
This saves time, increases efficiency, and reduces errors. - Reliability-minded
Back up all data, and ensure every change has a rollback plan.
This minimizes the risk of unexpected failures and prevents irreversible damage. - Test-minded
Every change must be tested.
Experience, trust, and confidence are all unreliable. - Concise-minded
Prioritize screenshots, mind maps, flowcharts, architectural diagrams, and tables when documenting and presenting information.
Clear visual communication is more efficient and easier to understand than lengthy text. - Knowledge-minded
Document experiences, acquired knowledge, and lessons learned.
This will prevent repeated mistakes, improve efficiency and transparency, and boost the team’s overall capability. - Team-minded
Properly dividing tasks and collaborating helps avoid over-reliance on any individual and efficiently accomplish seemingly impossible tasks.
One person may go faster alone, but a team can go further together.