BrandonM

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by BrandonM 6y ago
Standups (weekly, not daily) worked pretty well for us at 5-20 people: maybe 5-12 devs and 2-8 other stakeholders. Smaller than that, and communication was so easy and natural we didn't need standups. Bigger, and it became tedious and
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by BrandonM 6y ago
That's exactly what I had in mind. Great article. Thanks!
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That's interesting, thanks. So a dev can be working on a feature over an open ended number of sprints? What is the significance of the sprint, then? We don't have "planning cycles" except for quarterly prioritization to
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by BrandonM 6y ago
This article, as with much tech discussion I've seen in the past 5-10 years, seems to take sprints as a given. Are most devs here working in a sprint model? It sounds a bit soul crushing to me to be "continually sprinting". I
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I vaguely recall research about process changes reliably boosting productivity temporarily but eventually reverting to the mean. Does anyone recall if that effect has a name or a canonical study?
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by BrandonM 6y ago
Since you mentioned media's role, Matt Taibbi recently argued[1] that the media has somewhat recently departed from norms that were followed throughout the 20th century. To ensure the widest audiences possible, the CBSes and later CNNs
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by BrandonM 6y ago
Which of those categories does rayiner fall into, in your opinion?
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by BrandonM 6y ago
You don't even need the \ if the | is the last character of the line.
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I've recently been thinking about the parallels between social media and the Tower of Babel. Maybe ancient societies were onto something when they warned us of the dangers of everyone communicating with one another. Perhaps there'
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I assumed that jnwatson was talking about runner-up job candidates, who are in a holding pattern until the first-choice candidate accepts or declines the offer.
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I can't speak for the FAANG side, but I imagine based on resources like https://staffeng.com/guides that it can be a huge social/political effort to ascend to staff/principal levels within a FAANG. By compari
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by BrandonM 6y ago
One roadblock, I think, is that the IRS requires 409(a) valuations every year to set a value for common stocks and thus the strike price for options. During those valuations, most startups strive to paint their value as being very low: “Ser
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by BrandonM 6y ago
That's a pretty weird thing to call bullshit on, even if the analogy wasn't a true one. I completed a Tough Mudder, which is 10 miles plus obstacles, with no HIIT or running training, only some biking (commuting) and yoga. Bert Kr
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by BrandonM 6y ago
One thing I've found in the change to being a parent is that I'm much more confident in saying, "No, I have this other important thing I have to do. If you want my contributions, it will have to be on these terms." Most
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by BrandonM 6y ago
> The factual raw material can even be done away with sometimes as evidenced by how much of the news is just media reporting on itself (often centering on Twitter!). For a concrete example of that, Deadspin in 2013 spelled out how ESPN
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by BrandonM 6y ago
That sounds like something a famous person would say!
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I remember using AIM (AOL (America Online) Instant Messenger) and other instant messaging applications for direct peer-to-peer file transfer back in 2002. On fast university connections, you could transfer movies in a few minutes. It's
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by BrandonM 6y ago
Retaliating is a legitimate form of protection. Of course, it doesn't help retroactively, but a realistic risk of retaliation keeps people honest. It's a key part of game theory in the tit-for-tat strategy to the prisoner's d
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by BrandonM 6y ago
This comment is the top Google result for "stack overflow we are less than three people who code". It's not clear to me what you mean.
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by BrandonM 6y ago
Thank you. Yeah, these interviews are painful to listen to. Trump said: > [Democrat representatives] want $3½ billion for the mail-in votes, universal mail-in ballots. They want $25 billion for the post office. They need that money in o
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by BrandonM 6y ago
The article says: > Trump said on 13 August that he opposes providing additional funding to the USPS to make it more difficult to deliver mail-in ballots. That comment links to another article, where the first paragraph states: > D
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by BrandonM 6y ago
This quote stood out to me, too. I'm not sure that the night would end in violence if it was the organizers of the dinner who took half the food. I feel like the more complete analogy is that 4 people organize the dinner (the elite 4
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by BrandonM 6y ago
A factory worker who makes 2x as many widgets doesn't make 2x as much money in my experience in US industry work. The way it typically shakes out is that the workers are part of a union, and the union negotiates compensation and benefi
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I could see a proven engineer #1 with a track record of startup success maybe landing in the 5–10% range (but getting an under market salary), but otherwise I don't see how a number like that is possible. YC takes 7%, and if the first
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by BrandonM 6y ago
Thank you, I appreciate your point that white isn't intended to stand in contrast to black in this context. I'll keep that in mind. Unfortunately, that only makes less clear to me what the infographic is attempting to convey, how
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I don't really have a dog in this fight (I'm neither WASP nor a person of color), but to me, equating the nuclear family with whiteness is a negative stereotype in practically every direction. If my parents got divorced, am I not
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by BrandonM 6y ago
You might want to look into “automated speed enforcement.” AFAICT, it’s primarily used in construction or school zones right now.
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by BrandonM 6y ago
That's fair. I imagine that there are parts of LA that are similarly walkable, but it's not like LA is immune to the problems SF has, and it has unique problems of its own. There are bound to be some pretty cool places in AZ, NM,
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I've lived in many US cities, including SF, and your characterization rings hollow for me. Unless you're focusing exclusively on climate, SF without a car isn't all that much better than dozens of other cities. Notably, unles
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by BrandonM 6y ago
I went to public school in the US in the 90s, and I learned to write just like that NYT piece. Did you learn differently?

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