The Hard Parts of Growth: Finding Time

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When I was first working at Meta, I asked a “L8 Engineer” (a very senior title) to join an urgent meeting. He agreed. But when I sent him the invite, he responded, “Actually, I have that morning blocked off to do work, so I can’t join your meeting — sorry.”

At the time, I was irritated and even a little hurt by his response. Now, I have a ton of respect …