Work Katral · Lesson 14 · 12 min

Write the kill date on day one

In one sentence

If you cannot say what would make you stop, you are not managing a feature. You are hoping.

Meera

Meera

Work mentor

You do not need a new title. You need a new way of working.

Read the idea, watch the picture, then try it with your hands.

Watch the idea

The concept

Salary

A number you can name

Scope

90-day success in writing

Safety

evals + a human gate

A number, not a vibe

Groundedness below 90%, or no hours saved in four weeks. That line lives in the spec, not the hallway.

Killing is skill

Shipping forever is vanity. A named reviewer owns the kill date.

Worked example

Day one

The spec says: if eval < 90% on 1 Oct, we stop. Sales cannot edit that in the corridor.

Picture to keep

Number · Date · Owner

  1. 1Score that ships
  2. 2Score that kills
  3. 3Named reviewer