Software is not uniquely unpredictable; other engineering disciplines are hit by the same surprises and overruns.

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• A really good product manager has to be very confident, often to the point of bordering on arrogance. PSPeter Sellis20 Sept 2026humility
• Apple is arrogant DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson17 Jan 2024humility
• Argue like you are right and listen like you are wrong, with the humility to know what you do not know. AGAdam Grant9 Jun 2026humility
• Asking "how do I know I'm right?" and triangulating, instead of assuming one is right, gives the humility to balance audacity and brings open-mindedness. RDRay Dalio27 Sept 2022humility
• Assuming you are a typical observer in the universe is not humility but a hilariously presumptuous claim that typical observers are like you. SCSean Carroll22 Apr 2024humility

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