Wesley Kurtzer

Dec 31, 2025

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Decisions (1)

Bounty Program Design: Open Incentives Over Prescribed Work

Established that bounties at CIQ should be open to all engineers, not targeted at specific individuals. Rejected Bjorn approach of incentivizing Jesus and Alex specifically to work over holidays on Portal. Bounties should be available for anyone to claim if they want to accelerate delivery.

Dec 31

operational

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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.

57 occurrences52% success

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.