Ron Pierce on Velocity

When Ron Pierce joined Imprint in April, his hiring manager described the credit card launch ahead in vivid terms: the long hours, the controlled chaos, the everything-at-once nature of the work. It was framed as both a warning and a sales pitch, and Ron came in expecting heavy work and a steep, fast learning curve.

What surprised him was where the velocity actually came from. It wasn’t the pressure or the pace. Instead, he found that real speed is a function of “how many obstacles exist between noticing a problem and fixing it.” The fewer the obstacles, the faster a team can move.

You can read the full post on dev.to: On Velocity.