The last piece receives attention that hundreds of quieter placements made possible.

Finishing is visible in a way the rest of the work is not. Whoever sets the last piece gets the photograph, though the position of that piece was determined by hundreds of quiet decisions whose authors are now indistinguishable from the picture. Credit collects at the end because the end is where change becomes obvious. That is a fact about attention rather than about contribution.

If you finish something this week, name two people whose earlier work made the finish possible. If you are one of the quiet placements, keep your own record of what you actually did.