Life is a whirlwind of activity, but amidst the chaos, moments of clarity emerge. Join us in revisiting a poignant message shared with the Pixelmatters team on April 29, 2021. It’s a reminder to pause, reflect, and realign our actions with our values.
We come from a diverse background of cultures, countries, ideas and experiences, but have come together with a common vision for this shared adventure. Every once in a while, you gotta stop to think. To reflect. Why I’m here and not there? Why I’m doing this and not that? Where am I going? More often than not, through a journey of years or even decades, there’s a tendency to lose perspective. To forget where you are, where you’re going, and why you’ve decided to be there in the first place. Within this mindset and hoping it somehow inspires other leaders, we’re sharing a copy of this internal communication made to the Pixelmatters team on April 29, 2021.
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To wrap things up, a final note. Despite the crazy good first quarter of 2021, make no mistake: the next few months will be quite challenging for us. When it comes to the team size, we’re entering uncharted waters that we never navigated before. So, yes, there will be growing pains, probably a lot of them. As always, despite the mistakes that we may make or adjustments that may be needed, you can be sure of one thing: we’ll do our best, and not let you down.
Front-end prototyping with code
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