Working Successfully Together
This is not developer marketing, not Agile Coaching, and not staff augmentation.
A practical guide for executives on what to expect from your Senior Developer Advocate — an embedded senior engineer fixing delivery by shipping code and correcting the system.
What You Can Expect
We help your software arrive on time, with fewer surprises. We work directly with your teams — not as trainers or observers, but as contributors who write code while helping your organization deliver better.
You'll see clearer progress signals, earlier risk identification, and teams that grow more capable over time.
How We Contribute
- Improving delivery pipeline reliability
- Building team confidence to ship safely
- Translating business goals into actionable work
- Contributing production code while coaching
What We Don't Do
- Join your reporting structure
- Run meetings or ceremonies
- Compete with your internal teams
- Push branded methodologies
- Create dependency on our presence
Scheduling & Time Blocks
Work is purchased in 4-hour blocks, typically in packages of 10 or 20 units. Blocks are scheduled in advance and expire 30 days after purchase.
- Predictable capacity you can plan around
- Extra hours available anytime, billed as extension of active package
- Unused blocks expire — encourages active engagement
Typical Outcomes
- Faster, steadier releases
- Earlier visibility into problems
- Fewer emergency escalations
- Teams improving without constant oversight
- Decisions informed by real signals
- Uplifted skills — your people grow more capable through working alongside us
- Continuous Delivery — the ability to release confidently, frequently, on demand
- Governance through insight — guide teams with visible signals, not constant steering
What We Deliver
We don't write reports or documentation as deliverables. We write production code alongside your developers — setting an example through the work itself.
The outputs are:
- Measurable progress — faster releases, fewer defects, improved flow
- Navigator records — complete log of observations and outcomes
- Working software — code that ships, not presentations about code
When the engagement ends, your teams have learned by doing. The improvement lives in your codebase and your people.
AI-Assisted Work
We use AI tools extensively — and help your teams do the same. AI-assisted coding is now part of how we work.
We understand this raises questions about IP and security. We're happy to advise on these concerns.
AI paired with verification and human judgment. Better speed, retained quality.
Your Executive Sponsor Role
Every engagement needs one senior leader as our primary contact — someone who ensures access to the right people, protects focused improvement time, and receives honest updates directly. This role requires executive cover.
In Navigator, the sponsor becomes the customer admin:
- Invites team members and observers
- Serves as billing contact
- Has full access to logs, reports, and SOW tracking
What we ask: Shield improvement work from internal debates. Judge us by delivery results, not meeting attendance. Raise concerns early and directly.
Transparency via Navigator
Caimito Navigator runs throughout every engagement. We log our work daily — what we worked on, blockers encountered, patterns observed.
Weekly reports synthesize entries into executive-ready intelligence: summary, patterns, recommendations, and SOW alignment. Available in English, German, and Spanish.
Observers can access reports read-only — strategic insight without operational overhead.
Full accountability in both directions. No surprises, no hidden agendas.
Working with Other Advisors
We complement strategy consultants — they set direction, we ensure teams can execute.
This operates independently of whatever framework is currently in fashion. If other consultants are working on methodology, we ask that delivery work remains protected from those discussions.
When Changes Happen
New initiatives can accelerate or slow delivery. Brief us early before major changes — we'll assess impact and suggest safe integration paths.
Why “Advocate”
We advocate for the organization's long-term interests — not for any methodology, vendor, or internal faction.
The person in this role is a veteran software developer with decades of experience across technology and business. There isn't much we haven't seen. We recognize the patterns. And we have no interest in building a career at your company — we've already built ours. That independence is an asset: we can tell you what we actually see.
This means speaking truth to power. When something puts delivery at risk, we say so — respectfully, with facts. We don't sugarcoat findings. If asked to participate in messaging that contradicts what we observe, we decline.
Staying Out of Politics
We respectfully ask to be kept out of organizational dynamics entirely. We don't take sides in power struggles, shape messaging for political purposes, or compete with other consultants for visibility.
It's wise to leverage our technical, business, and psychological experience — but not to drag us into games. We care deeply about good craftsmanship, and that's where our energy goes. We also have other clients to serve.
Our value shows in what ships and improves — not in who gets credit.
Situations We Work to Avoid
Certain situations make collaboration difficult. We surface these early so we can address them together — or recognize when the fit isn't right. See The Cost of Misposition for a visual walkthrough of how engagements derail when positioning fails.
Signals that concern us:
- Changes that undermine improvements already showing results
- Methodology disputes that prevent focused delivery
- Loss of executive sponsorship
- Pressure to participate in approaches we believe will harm delivery
When we reach the limit: If these situations persist and the engagement becomes unsustainable, we make the call and inform you that we need to step away. This is your opportunity to address the underlying issues — or to accept our departure.
If we proceed with exit, we propose a focused SOW for orderly transition — knowledge transfer, handover, clean wrap-up. We send the bill upfront, due upon receipt.
Emergency stop: If payment is delayed or disputed, all work stops immediately. No exceptions. Once paid, we complete the transition professionally.
What continues: Your Navigator subscription remains active. The logbook, weekly reports, and accumulated insights stay with you — your organization can continue learning from them. But the human being serving as Developer Advocate steps away, spared from the emotional toll that prolonged office politics can bring.
Our goal is never to reach this point. Early, honest conversation prevents most problems.