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| # | Leadership Principle | Core Meaning | Frontend Example | Situation/Project | STAR Story Summary | Frontend Angle | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Customer Obsession | Start with the customer and work backwards | Optimized page load for low-bandwidth users | Website loading slow on 2G connections | Improved load time from 12s → 3s using lazy loading and optimization techniques | Used lazy loading, code splitting, image optimization | ✅ Ready |
| 2 | Ownership | Act like an owner—no "not my job" mentality | Took on backend work to support the UI team | Unassigned UI bug discovered in production | Took ownership of critical bug, fixed issue, added comprehensive tests | Owned full-stack solution for UI regression | ✅ Ready |
| 3 | Deliver Results | Focus on key outcomes and meet deadlines | Delivered key UI components ahead of marketing campaign | Product launch deadline in jeopardy | Took charge of delivery, coordinated cross-functional team to meet launch date | Delivered critical UI despite backend delays | âś… Ready |
| 4 | Invent and Simplify | Innovate and simplify complex processes | Created reusable React Hook for complex form logic | Repetitive form validation logic across multiple projects | Built custom reusable hook that simplified form management | Reduced LOC by 40%, improved test coverage | âś… Ready |
| 5 | Dive Deep | Go beyond surface level—analyze root causes | Used React Profiler to investigate slow renders | Intermittent UI crashes in production environment | Used Sentry logs & React Profiler to identify performance bottlenecks | Found root cause in async state updates | ✅ Ready |
| 6 | Bias for Action | Act quickly when speed matters more than perfection | Built functional POC in 2 days to validate feature concept | No final designs available with tight deadline approaching | Created working prototype, got stakeholder approval faster than waiting | Saved entire sprint by moving forward with MVP | âś… Ready |
| 7 | Earn Trust | Be transparent, reliable, and respectful with team | Admitted to missing story points and shared learnings in retro | Missed sprint commitment due to underestimation | Owned up to mistake, shared detailed action items with team | Team appreciated transparency and accountability | âś… Ready |
| 8 | Insist on Highest Standards | Set and uphold high bar in code quality and UX | Added automated accessibility checks in CI/CD pipeline | Accessibility audit revealed multiple compliance failures | Implemented comprehensive WCAG compliance standards | ARIA labels, semantic HTML, color contrast automation | âś… Ready |
| 9 | Disagree and Commit | Challenge decisions respectfully, then fully support outcome | Advocated for React Query over Redux Saga for data fetching | Technical architecture debate for new project | Presented technical tradeoffs, then fully committed to team decision | Supported final choice and helped with implementation | âś… Ready |
| 10 | Learn and Be Curious | Continuously learn and explore new possibilities | Proactively learned Web Workers to solve main thread blocking | Heavy CSV processing was freezing UI for 8+ seconds | Self-taught Web Workers & Comlink, eliminated UI freeze completely | Applied to other CPU-intensive features, improved UX | âś… Ready |
| 11 | Hire and Develop the Best | Raise the bar for talent and help others grow | Designed technical interview process improving hire quality | Inconsistent interviews leading to 40% turnover rate | Created structured process, improved hire success from 60% → 85% | Reduced onboarding time, process adopted by 3 teams | ✅ Ready |
| 12 | Think Big | Think boldly and articulate compelling vision | Proposed component design system serving 8 product teams | 8 teams building duplicate components, inconsistent UX | Led design system migration, 40% faster development, 90% code reuse | Serving 200+ engineers, consistent user experience | âś… Ready |
| 13 | Frugality | Do more with less—be resourceful and efficient | Built real-time dashboard using free tools instead of $50K solution | Stakeholders wanted expensive analytics platform | Built custom solution with Socket.io + Redis, saved $50K annually | Delivered faster, became template for cost-saving projects | ✅ Ready |
| 14 | Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit | Challenge decisions when you disagree, even when uncomfortable | Challenged CTO's decision to rush payment feature without testing | C-level pressure to ship before Black Friday without proper QA | Presented risk analysis, proposed testing compromise, prevented payment failures | 99.9% uptime during peak traffic, CTO adopted approach | âś… Ready |