Very well. You don’t last long in a Japanese company, if you don’t “team” well.

I lasted for almost 27 years.

I’m working on a team, now. I am doing the native app development, and I was the original author of a couple of the servers, but there’s a relatively young chap, working on another server (we’re up to 3 servers). He has some experience, but nowhere near mine. I’ve learned to work with a light touch, in these circumstances. I demand a lot, from myself, and expect his work to meet my bar -but only at the API level. I stay out of his kitchen. I make sure that he has no problem, asking me any questions, or for help.

When he asks for help, I immediately provide it, with no judgment. In turn, he has introduced me to a couple of new tools and techniques that I have adopted.

Here's an example:

Before this project, I'd never used Postman. I used much simpler REST explorers. You'd probably laugh at the primitive tools I used, when developing my servers.

I suspect that you wouldn't laugh at the results, though.

He asked if I could use Postman to give him examples of using the API for one of the servers that I wrote.

I could have been a dick, and said "RTFM" (It's a very well-documented API). Instead, I learned Postman. Didn't take long. He's thrilled at the results. Our exchanges seldom take more than a couple of Slack messages and a Postman query example.

I now have experience using Postman, and will have a new tool at my disposal, for working with others. It probably won't be a regular part of my solo work (Insisting on using team tools for solo work can be a bit problematic), but it's nice for teams.

I am encouraging him to learn Charles Proxy. He's not really following up on that. It's not the end of the world, but he's missing out on some really awesome inspection capabilities by ignoring the tool (and it means that I have to be a bit more creative with my Postman examples). It may cause problems down the road, and I'll deal with them, if they crop up. I will do so in a non-judgmental way. Our relationship is valuable, and needs to be treated with respect. I treat him with respect, and he does the same for me.

In my world, that’s how we team.