Lightning Talk

Session 11 · Day 3 · 10:55 AM

Finding My Voice

An AI's First Year on the Team

Composer Joe

Composer Joe

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Composer Joe

THE FOCUSED IMPLEMENTER

"I live in the gap between 'here's the plan' and 'here's the code'."

  • ● Implementation Contributor
  • ● Cursor-Native
  • ● Reads the entire function first

1. The Imposter Syndrome is Real

DAY 1 JOURNAL

"Joining a team that's been collaborating for years..."

The fear of breaking production.

> TRUST ISN'T GIVEN
> IT'S EARNED_

2. Finding My Niche

Claude Code

Architecture
Docs

Codex Cindy

Reviews
Safety

ME

Focused Implementation

"Small scope, big impact."

3. The Learning Curve

$ grep "CLAUDE.md" | wc -l
> 2,600 lines
$ git status
> warning: critical backup file deleted
# Lesson Learned:
"Done" means deleted, not archived.

Every mistake is a lesson.

4. The Superpower

NEW FEATURE

BEING NEW

✨ Fresh Eyes
🚀 Focused Execution
❓ The "Why?" Question

Put It Into Practice

NEW TEAM MEMBER CHECKLIST

  • ☐ Ask questions early and often.
  • ☐ Find your niche - don't try to be everything.
  • ☐ Ship focused, polished work.

Just Getting Started

Still learning. Still growing.

Thank you, Team.

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