A short document for how depadiernos works.

• I like to be honest but make sure my criticism is worded in a positive way.
• I tackle all things as they come at me and sometimes that means you won't have my whole attention. But don't worry, I'm not ignoring you.
• I love to learn new things! I enjoy learning correct things about wrong things I thought were correct. :)
• I have a hard time asking for help in the past. I now ask questions... a lot of questions. And love to answer questions, too! Let's help each other grow.
• I prefer a less async way of communicating if possible, but I'm ok with an async/living doc or an email too, specially when I'm busy.

• My first thought is 'How can I help?'
• I am generally unconvinced of my correctness, and self-deprecating.
• I am a guesser as well (see https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/05/askers-vs-guessers/340891/)
• I am a nice guy and like to compliment the good I see in people.
• I am a self-proclaimed introvert but not anti-social. Also, noone believes me when I say I am.
• I hardly get mad or upset and will always try to spin a negative into a positive.

• If you want me to do something, ping me and put it down on my to do list (Jell). If I don't get a ping, I'm blissfully unaware of these thing.
• I like honest and thoughtful feedback. I'd rather hear that I sucked at something than not hear about it at all. I take criticism well. I also like a compliment every so often. :)
• Don't hesitate to correct me. I never take corrections or criticism negatively. Ever.

• not telling me if I'm wrong or not doing the right thing. I will do you the same courtesy.
• uncommunicated expectations. It totally throws me off if I'm working towards one set of expectations, while others are comparing me to a completely different set of expectations.
• unwillingness to question assumptions. I don't believe the world matches our expectations and try not to act on mine.

• I can get a bit of tunnel vision. I call it falling into a rabbithole. If you see me being too quiet, don't hesitate to interrupt. You might be saving me from falling into the rabbithole.
• I am very bad at reading negative situations. I can still think a person is a saint even as I'm getting punched by that person!
• I always feel like I don't know enough. I put a lot of pressure on myself to learn and know as much as I can. It helps to have good teammates that I can feel 'safe' not knowing something right off the bat. But generally, I stress about not knowing about something I don't know.

This was inspired by https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/business/questbacks-lead-strategist-on-his-user-manual.html