Matt Hicks is vice president of software engineering at Red Hat and one of the founding members of the Red Hat OpenShift team. He has spent 15 years in software engineering with a variety of roles in development, operations, architecture, and management.
The sports world is rife with unwritten rules. These are the behaviors and rituals that are observed but rarely documented in an official capacity. For example, in baseball, unwritten rules range from not stealing bases when well ahead to never giving up an intentional walk when there’s a runner on first. To outsiders, these are esoteric, perhaps even nonsensical guidelines, but they are followed by every player who wants to be a valued teammate and respected opponent.
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