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Visualizing Startups & the Space Program: What's your DOD?
- paulsutter 14y agoWow, I wonder how the graph looks for SpaceX employees? Somewhere in between I'm sure. It could give interesting insight into productivity and costs. This is a really superb insight on measurable data we all have.
- 001sky 14y agoThough hundreds of thousands of engineers and 16 countries have participated in the construction of the ISS, only 167 people have ever seen it in person. -- Sobering thought. Interesting work.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoThis is a great insight. I recognized early on in my career that I could realistically only hold 6 or 7 crisis' in my head at one time. It is why I shied away from management.
- 001sky 14y agoUsed to work with someone who was a big proponent of 5-7 max layers of abstraction as a design principle. I never researched it, but it seemed to make a lot of sense (he claimed it was documented). So you many not be at all atypical =D.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoI don't know, I've worked with folks who thrive on keeping what seems like dozens of threads active at once. Got to work with some at Google and NetApp who were really excellent project managers. It is definitely a talent. I try to get better at it but rely on crutches like my notebooks for swapping out brain state.
- michelleclsun 14y agoThis is great work, thanks for sharing the code! "Having a low DOD translates to less on your mind and less mental overhead. Less overhead gives a greater ability to focus and less time spent keeping tabs on and switching among happenings throughout your organization." I wonder if that applies to the number of opened tabs in browsers. Just thinking of my bad habit of leaving many tabs open :)