My Unicorn Quest at Shopify

After reading my article about Unicorn, Shopify’s achievements system, people have asked me what my particular quest is. I’ve decided to go with a tough one — one with these particular qualities:

• It’s incredibly important to the business
• It serves a serious technical need
• I have have a specific and hard-to-come-by set of skills suited to the task
• Nobody else wants to do it.

“What is that quest?” you might ask. Simple:

Adapted from “This is Why I’ll Never be an Adult” at Allie’s blog, “Hyperbole and a Half”.

This article also appears in the Shopify Technology Blog.