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I used to think the same about some things (like design docs). Then when I became slightly senior and started writing those, I realized that for such common thi
by praneshp 9y ago
I used to think the same about some things (like design docs). Then when I became slightly senior and started writing those, I realized that for such common things, following best practices can lead to template-like things (which is not bad, IMO. The goal of this letter or a design doc is to deliver information to you, constrained by company needs. Not to tickle your creativity or something).
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y agoI understand the need to have departure announcements like this but still resent that this kind of boring corporate blather is the go-to thing to do in this situation. It’s a very robotic kind of action that dehumanizes everyone involved. The art of design is creativity, can’t we be a little more creative than shallow platitudes when we depart from something we built from the ground up?
- sandstrom 9y agoAndrews letter is original and funny: https://www.jottit.com/v5wux/ https://www.jottit.com/v5wux/
- praneshp 9y agoYes, it was. I happened to be interviewing at Groupon as a fresh faced new college grad that day and it was super weird.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y agoWhat a refreshing letter that serves as the perfect counter example to the above. Thanks for sharing. Just reading this kind of letter makes me have so much respect for this guy. This is the kind of human being and leader we should strive to be. Not because he failed, but because he showed humility and humanity and a touch of humor in his departure. If that isn’t the ultimate human response, I don’t know what is.