Partner with Product to pay down technical debt

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Technical debt is inevitable and cannot be completely avoided.
Make technical debt visible by identifying and categorizing problem areas periodically.
Track technical debt with business impact metrics like production incidents and feature delivery times.
Build solid relationships with Product leaders to align on the impact of technical debt.
Look for strategic opportunities to pay down technical debt when enhancing problematic code areas.
Connect technical debt remediation to predictability in delivery and quality.
Focus on addressing technical debt that actively hinders performance, quality, or feature delivery.
A partnership approach between Engineering and Product leads to faster feature delivery and more reliable systems.
Technical debt should be a shared business challenge tackled strategically, not a source of friction.

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