I have had many disasters in my software career because I jut wantonly hit "Y" without thinking about it.
I have noticed, since learning to cook at a professional level in the kitchen, that I point and call out a lot more in my other activities too. "From hot behind" and "knife" and "oven is over temp" to "Saw blade is live" and "circuit is live" in the workshop to "production server" and "erasing records" in database maintenance. Some days I feel like Sigourney "I have one job damnit" Weaver in Galaxyquest. It's a useful stop-think-go sanity check.
I have noticed, since learning to cook at a professional level in the kitchen, that I point and call out a lot more in my other activities too. "From hot behind" and "knife" and "oven is over temp" to "Saw blade is live" and "circuit is live" in the workshop to "production server" and "erasing records" in database maintenance. Some days I feel like Sigourney "I have one job damnit" Weaver in Galaxyquest. It's a useful stop-think-go sanity check.