"If I've done a good job, no one will think I've done anything. I'll become the glue that dries clear."
It's beautiful when it happens. You see the tightening effect of the glue as it pulls the parts together, uniting the components, seamlessly. The solder that becomes part of the circuit. A composite whole, the individual parts easily identified, the wireframes, the code, the bugs, the screen designs. Or maybe it's the costumes, the props, the music, the lights, the make-up, the location, the audience. Or maybe it's the glue that pulls together a community of people.
Being the glue isn't a visible role. Besides, you don't necessarily want to be visible, because you've failed the project if your seams shows, pieces fall out. But it's a double edged sword, because while the strength is in the invisibility, success is not explicitly obvious and rarely acknowledged.
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