// 05 · LEADERSHIP

A lead is not
whoever writes the most code.
It’s whoever unblocks the rest.

// PRINCIPLE 01
Code others can maintain.

Brilliant code only you understand is debt with interest. I review thinking of whoever comes next — including the sleep-deprived version of me.

// PRINCIPLE 02
Juniors are seniors in beta.

Mentoring isn’t fixing PRs — it’s explaining the why until they no longer need me. A dev on my team no longer needing me is the KPI.

// PRINCIPLE 03
Ship > perfect.

Perfect but unshipped doesn’t exist. I’d rather iterate in production with metrics than debate in Figma with opinions. With a safety net, of course.

My job is not writing all the code: it’s building a team that ships better code than I would write alone.
Luiyi Vargas
leadership philosophy
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teams under my lead: web & mobile
10+
years shipping to production
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