Platform engineering is backstage work. Usually, the less we're noticed and the more productive teams are, the better we're doing.

The first platform team I worked with had this motto: "So Others May Live" — we do the complex stuff so others don't have to, we go where others wouldn't, to do what they wouldn't — without anyone noticing we exist.

That's exactly what platform is — and it ties straight back to DevOps culture. At the end of the day, what I love most is helping other engineers solve problems :)

TL;DR: if we can make the best path the easiest path, with the best tools, for everyone — our platform mission is accomplished.