How do you make yourself easier to work with as an IC? And how can you give instructions to your manager to be easier for them to work with you?

Man, what a good question, Gab.

That is also a deep one.

I feel like to a degree, like as far as being easy to work with, as far as others, it does come with that openness to having conversations, to understanding that you are a stakeholder across this business.

And so you don't just get to fully shut down.

I think it's one of the, like just a soft skill in general is being able to go into a conversation and like be able to clearly communicate your points.

And again, like as a, as a recovering yes person, like for me, it's also like, Hey, how do you frame when you do have to say now what that no sounds like? So it doesn't just come off as no, fuck you.

to your question.