Suplexes and superpowers
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Shows that storytelling maps to concrete leadership moves: uses Tuckman's stages by tracing the Avengers to forming storming norming performing, treats wrestling tiers to argue career impact matters more than titles with the midcard impact example of Roddy Piper, describes recruiting Amy Chen by offering a product-engineer path, and explains hiring strategy at a Kubernetes startup that intentionally brings non‑Google engineers — a mix that helps the company get acquired by VMware.
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