Andrew Jorgens
Apr 7, 2026
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Decisions (2)
Committed to Improve Team Bandwidth Visibility in Monday Meeting
Committed to discuss with Nathan how to improve visibility in the Monday meeting on team bandwidth and impact, after Andrew raised he lacks visibility into other teams' work and hesitates to ask for help for fear of disrupting higher-priority work.
CentOS Bridge Deprioritization Held Despite Customer Risk
Confirmed to Andrew Jorgens that CentOS Bridge is consciously deprioritized. Acknowledged customer reputation risk (customer re-evaluating contract after only 4 CVE fixes) but held the line, explaining that 'important' is insufficient justification - a project must be more important than something else currently being worked on.
Related Patterns (2)
Lead by Example with New Tools
When championing new tools or processes, personally use them and share results rather than just advocating. Learning by doing and demonstrating value through example is more effective than mandates.
Protect Engineering Focus Through Process
When faced with requests that would disrupt engineering focus (from sales, governance, product, or other stakeholders), establish processes that protect engineering ability to innovate while still satisfying legitimate concerns. Prefer systematic solutions over ad-hoc responses.