This post attempts to summarize the guidelines I use in forming my opinions. This list will be added to as I discover tenets. There is no order to my list. Maybe an order will eventually present itself, but for now I’m just trying to capture them.
- Study the data to form an opinion
- Don’t cherry pick the data
- Don’t be afraid to change your opinion when new data is presented
- Don’t make a change and expect to reach ideal conditions
- Expect to iterate to reach the solution
- Don’t be afraid of the ideas of others
- Recognize and challenge your own biases