Hello, I’m Marco Polita, and this is my manual. The idea and the realization has been inspired by Manual of me and Jamie Tanna’s manual

If I came with a warning label, it would say

Warning: contains Natural Scepticism™

My personality type is

A Logician (INTP) is someone with the Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Prospecting personality traits. These flexible thinkers enjoy taking an unconventional approach to many aspects of life. They often seek out unlikely paths, mixing willingness to experiment with personal creativity
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I work best when

I’m given autonomy. When I’m coding I do my best to reach the flow which could also mean that I’m not reachable at all for some hours.

In order to have that I need not only to know the what but also the why I’m doing something so I am totally free to define the how

Also I give my best when I’m part of a passionate, smart and motivated team that can take care of itself.

I’ve wrote about that in How to team and Frustration driven developer

What motivates me to come into work each day is

Knowing that I’ll learn something new by building or fixing something.

Feedback is best given

I like receiving honest and direct feedback from the people I’m closely working with. I appreciate the feedback in written form so I can refer to later for improvement but I appreciate also discussing issues face-to-face.

I add value to a team by

• Proposing and considering solutions out of the beaten path
• Pushing and contributing to shortening the communication chain
• Delivering fast and removing friction
• Recognizing frustration and working for removing it
• Leading it towards autonomy

My ideal workplace

• Is full-remote from anywhere with occasional, optional, in-presence working days for encouraging human connection
• Has short communication chains between builders and stakeholders
• Values makers by recognizing individuals’ needs and teams’ autonomy
• Values makers over managers
• Allows for honest and straightforward feedback
• Considers “BEING CORPORATE” as a legacy more than a value
• Embraces change and values agility (without uppercase ‘A’)

Beyond work, I’m passionate about

• Video games, I’m an avid Hunt: Showdown player
• Books, both fictionous and non-fictionous
• Movies, almost any genre
• Hiking and urbex
• Bouldering