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OLGA

MAY 11, 2025

Your work should grow you and not box you in

If you’re feeling stuck, it's the best decision for you to speak up. You might feel drained and think "It's alright, it's the process !" and you could be right ! But sometimes it’s just you, knowing something’s off and not saying it. Do you know your time is the most valuable resource you have ?
You don’t get it back, once you trade it, it's gone forever so the way you spend it should serve both your business and your growth.

Being honest about that is the first smart move you can do. If the time spent doesn’t grow you, what’s the point?

For entrepreneurs and small teams

When you're building something whether you're solo or with a small team every system, tool, and process should support your ambition and freedom.

Here’s what being “boxed in” really looks like:

  • You're manually copying data between platforms every week because your tools don't talk to each other
  • You can't delegate because no one else knows how the system works, or it's too fragile
  • You want to launch something new, but the tech setup is a mess and no one wants to touch it
  • Also means teams can’t move fast because the tools are fragile, messy, or undocumented
  • You hired help, but they spend most of their time fixing or figuring things out instead of moving you forward
  • As founder you spend half your energy on duct-taping platforms instead of growing the business (that was me for years !)
  • New hires are lost because the systems don’t make sense or worse, no one owns them
  • People keep doing the same manual work because that’s just how it’s always been

Sound familiar?

That’s not sustainable.
And it’s not why you started.

What if your systems lifted you up?

If you're spending houuurs into your business or team, the system behind it should do two things:

  • Benefit the right people and mission, which means your customers, your team, your purpose.
  • Give you enough space to delegate and grow

That’s where I come in. I’m not here to slap on another tool or dashboard. I help you get clear and build better foundations the kind that don’t break when you grow.

I help founders, operators, and small teams:

  1. I start with what’s already there: What tools do you use? Where’s the friction? What’s too dependent on you?
  2. Then I audit, simplify, and design a more resilient, maintainable setup
  3. I automate repeatable tasks, reduce risk, and document everything properly (without overengineering and no gatekeeping)
  4. And most importantly, I help you build systems you can actually hand off without losing control

Because yes, you’re allowed to want more ease. More clarity. More time to lead.

Companies, if you’re reading this and hiring...

Don’t just hire people to tick the boxes.
Bring in people who want to grow the vision with you and who can build the systems to support it.

Sometimes, talents join with one intention and end up doing something entirely different. In my case, I came in wanting to grow in DevOps: to help teams secure and automate their systems, reduce manual work, and build solid foundations. That’s where I bring the most value, and it’s also where I’m genuinely excited to contribute and evolve.

But unfortunately, instead, I found myself working on something else for a while. It was useful, yes, but far from the mission I signed up for. See, that’s also how systems break. When you hire people for one thing and have them work on something they’re not even passionate about.

When people join your team ready to bring their best, give them the space to do just that. Give them a clear runway not scattered, leftover projects no one really wants. The right match between what’s needed and what someone’s here to build makes all the difference for the person, and for the company.

Also know that growth should benefit more than just you

I will always advocate for two things: growth, and giving back.

If you’ve spent time learning, building, fixing don’t let that stay stuck in your own silo. Let it feed into better systems, stronger teams, and more aligned ways of working.

Real growth creates a ripple effect. Like a top athlete breaking a record, it sparks something in others makes them believe, aim higher, push further. In business, it’s the same: when you build clean systems, share knowledge, and document your process, you’re not simply making your work easier you’re making it easier for the whole team to level up ! That’s one way of giving back and that’s how you create something that lasts. Something that’s worth scaling.

If you’re building something great but your systems are holding you back, let’s talk.
You deserve a business that grows with you and not one that traps you.

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