LordFast

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by LordFast 6y ago
The world we're going to needs no nuance and critical thinking. I'm not even sure that's a joke anymore.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Managed mixed teams before. Best of luck to FB management on getting things right. I would prefer either one without mixing. One shoe in one shoe out is a great way to make it extra hard to manage.
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by LordFast 6y ago
You just hit the nail on the head for why recessions and economic setbacks are a healthy part of a functioning society. It helps clear out some of the old for some of the new, and helps equalize some opportunities for some people.
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by LordFast 6y ago
"If everyone just live like I do the world will be perfect! What's your problem!?"
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by LordFast 6y ago
None, but I believe they hold political power both in terms of dealership associations and also in terms of bargaining rights from manufacturers. It's an outdated system that should have been dead a decade ago, but not yet.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Is it too jaded to say that it most likely has always been, for all time? And that we are simply more aware of it these days?
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by LordFast 6y ago
The quality of Apple's Apple's and software has been on a gentle downward trend since about 2015. I still prefer them for now, but eventually the cost/benefit ratio just won't make sense anymore. If I'm paying for c
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by LordFast 6y ago
I believe something like 80% of their workforce are Sales + G&A.
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by LordFast 7y ago
> I actually think this is a good argument for licensure like civil engineers etc have to have This logic is sound, but I don't personally agree that bureaucracy is gonna solve any of our problems. The rest of your comment, I believ
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by LordFast 7y ago
I agree with you, but from what I've seen there's been a steady and increasing stream of pressure from the capital side of things. Wisdom shall lead again at some point, but I don't clearly see when. Threads like this one tho
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by LordFast 7y ago
> What we suck at is admitting which jobs are which types and assigning the labor accordingly (as well as setting targets). Huh, never thought about it that way. That's a very useful perspective. I will start incorporating it going
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by LordFast 7y ago
Another perspective to consider as well: while you are spending the time investing into and training people who needs the training and investment, your competitors are throwing money luring away the ones you have already trained, and leavin
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by LordFast 7y ago
I've personally seen no correlation between people who can solve problems and program when watched by another person versus people who can solve problems and program when left alone with a real problem, and ample of time to noodle on a
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by LordFast 7y ago
"Hey if you join me in this scheme to make more profit by squeezing other people out of what they have today, I'll give you a cut of that profit. What do you say? I promise you'll keep getting a cut until it makes sense to sq
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by LordFast 7y ago
The problem has never been about what system works, that's always been clear. The problem has been, and will continue to be about all the people that are currently employed by the dysfunctional system. Managing that situation is the me
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by LordFast 7y ago
Kudos to you for your actions. Much respect.
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by LordFast 7y ago
My experience as both a 50+ hiring manager and as a candidate tells me that we are collectively living in an illusion of whacked up expectations. Yes, it's super hard to hire good people, but most of the time it's because "go
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by LordFast 7y ago
Care isn't a high priority in today's environment, both political and economic. It's about whether the equation all checks out. Ironically, as someone who's always been the type of personality to make sure that the equat
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by LordFast 7y ago
Yeesh. Sorry you had to experience anything remotely close to that. The industry is shifting AFAICT. Callousness seems to be in and empathy seems to be out. Unfortunately though I think the same thing happened to pretty much every industry
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by LordFast 7y ago
I think it's always been this way though in essence. I think it's actually better nowadays because more people are at least talking about the problem. "How willing are you to jump through all the hoops that I had to jump thro
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by LordFast 7y ago
Hmmmm. I believe you. I haven't had enough remote experience yet to know for sure, but it sounds reasonable to me.
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by LordFast 7y ago
Heh, yeah. People problems tend to get solved in weird ways more often than not.
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by LordFast 7y ago
Done it. Worked really well (got great people, which got more great people, virtuous cycle etc). Struggled to convince a couple of other companies to adopt the mindset. Hoping to do it again some day. Yeah, life's hard. But isn't
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by LordFast 7y ago
Don't take it personally. As someone who's hired a lot of people, the unfortunate times when I "ghosted" people were mostly due to internal company problems, not candidate problems. Anecdotally, these were always situati
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by LordFast 7y ago
Ahh, refreshing to see that someone still remembers how to do company-building.
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by LordFast 7y ago
Based on what I've seen across multiple companies, only the biggest and most experienced ones understood how to do leveling correctly. Everyone else was basically flying by the seat of their pants. I think it's much more productiv
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by LordFast 7y ago
Remote work is still challenging though. The nature of not being able to get person-to-person time (regardless of how good video calls get) will always remain a challenge in its own right. The space issue is fundamental: there just aren&#x2
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by LordFast 7y ago
Ahh, gotcha. Sorry for misunderstanding your point.
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by LordFast 7y ago
> Right now I can hear my neighbor upstairs walking around on the hardwood floors all of our apartments have with his hard-soled shoes like he's been doing for the past hour, the traffic outside because apparently density should onl
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by LordFast 7y ago
> It doesn't work this way because software development is the process of figuring out the actual requirements and a good design. In my experience very few people truly understands why engineering is something expensive at its core,

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