Humility isn't about being passive and weak. It's about showing respect and recognizing truth in all situations, including in the workplace. 

My goal with this blog post is to zero in on a specific aspect: functional programming as applied to Python. I’ll dig into what it is, how it can be used in Python, and how — according to my experience — it’s used best. 

The ego has a bad rap — it has become the villain of self-help. We associate it to being entitled or arrogant. That’s why we want to get rid of this enemy. However, your ego is not the problem, your illusion of self is. 

When you trust people, you don’t have to spend unnecessary time on second-guessing, double-checking, forming alliances, etc. The same applies to software; when you trust your code to do what you expect, you don’t have to manually test everything for each change just to make sure you didn’t break anything. 

I find large group meetings challenging, for a number of reasons, and as a remote employee building support via serendipitous interactions is limited. So I’ve focused my energy on other practices. Here I’ll share from my experience of finding the people you might need on your side, the benefits of going high and broad with your outreach, and how to embrace understanding and participating in the politics of your company.