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Some interesting parts in the text. Some not so interesting ones. The author seems to be thinking that he's a big deal it seems, though - a month ago, I did not
by Bishonen88 8mo ago
Some interesting parts in the text. Some not so interesting ones. The author seems to be thinking that he's a big deal it seems, though - a month ago, I did not know who he is. My work environment has never heard of him (SDE at FAANG). Maybe I'm an outlier and he indeed influences the whole expectation management at companies with his writing, or maybe the success (?) of gastown got to him and he thinks he's bigger than he actually is. Time will tell. In any case, the glorification of oneself in an article like that throws me off for some reason.
- strstr 8mo agoPopular blogger from roughly a decade ago. His rants were frequently cited early in my career. I think he’s fallen off in popularity substantially since.
- arjie 8mo agoHe's early Amazon early Google so he's seen two companies super scale. Few people last two paradigm shifts so that's no guarantee of credentials. But at the time he was famous for a specific accidentally-public post that exposed people to the amount that Bezos's influence ramified through Amazon and how his choices contrasted with Google's approach to platforms. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3101876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3101876