Chapter 30. Babel Fish
I don’t remember much from my first day as a team leader. It could be I was entranced with being anointed with a title someone else had left behind, or simply because it was many years ago.
Since then, I’ve learned many things that I should’ve done on that fateful day and in the following years. I didn’t realize it then, but on that day I became a Babel Fish. For those who don’t recognize the term, a Babel Fish is a fictitious animal from Douglas Adams’ books, which performs instant translations. That wasn’t on the job description. As a new team leader, communication and translation of information is your most crucial role, and from now on your task is to improve as a Babel Fish.