The setting
The losleben team was running into a project peak: a major new section about to go live, and at the same time several colleagues left. I was brought in on short notice to stabilize the team through the hot phase: keep the lights on, take load off the people still in the room, get the section across the line.
This is what the “Senior iOS Engineer Just Left” support looks like in practice. Time-bounded, low-risk to engage, high-relief to the team and exactly the situation that recurs more often than any team likes to admit.
