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by absolute100 5y ago
Annie Duke's approach to decision-making is helpful as most of our decisions when building software or a team are not falsifiable. It's not math. Often, we'll need to collect information, explain our reasoning, and use our in
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Making Good Decisions Means Taking Clear Aim – Forge(forge.medium.com)
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https://productcoalition.com/product-thinking-vs-project-thi... Kyle Evans with an excellent reminder that by default, our mind is optimizing for delivery of projects (features). Products also have unique traits that projec
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by absolute100 5y ago
Ashley Whillans wrote a post I needed to read and remind myself how powerful and negative inertia can be: "Stress spurs busyness, which creates stress, which spurs busyness. [...] No matter what time affluence looks like for you, the h
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Time Confetti and the Broken Promise of Leisure(behavioralscientist.org)
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by absolute100 5y ago
It's often the words we use that shape the culture we build. Very much like "postmortem" (we use BetterNext), you should consider your language and using the term "best practice" in your team. I love this framing: &
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Rethinking Best Practices – Will Gallego(willgallego.com)
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by absolute100 5y ago
As I plan to give a talk about "how to find growth material and learn X2 faster", this post by Saron Yitbarek cannot come in a better timing. Improving the way I make transitions between what I say my your visual aid (my slides) c
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Transitions: The easiest way to improve your tech talk(medium.com)
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How to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early – Pros and Cons(themortgagereports.com)
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Sophia Vicent shared observations from DoorDash's Technical Program Manager organization that I related to as we consider how to build ours. This one is critical: "The team should be incentivized to operate with openness and hones
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Principles for Building a World Class TPM Team(doordash.engineering)
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by absolute100 5y ago
This post by Marty Cagan is more relevant than ever given the current situation where many teams work remotely, even if they used to work co-located before. The dynamics shift, and it happens quickly unless you pay attention and look for wa
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Discovery When Working Remotely – Silicon Valley Product Group(svpg.com)
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by absolute100 5y ago
Pádraig O'Brien opens up an interesting discussion with great suggestions to ask on your next interview. I think that asking multiple people, "How do they handle conflict within teams?" is incredibly useful. I also liked Erin
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What would you ask in interview to see if a company is a high drama environment(twitter.com)
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Building feedback loops, such as the framework Joseph Jude suggests, is incredibly useful for learning faster and appreciating your progress. It's so easy to let inertia lead the way for us. Be mindful of how you use your energy and ti
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If you see everything, you'll get nothing(jjude.com)
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by absolute100 5y ago
Writing is such an important skill to develop if you want to increase your impact. Do you want to get some strong buy-in from others to promote your idea in the company? What about working on a new project and finding early beta-users to gi
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If You Learn to Write, You Can Change Your Life(medium.com)
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by absolute100 5y ago
The philosophies different between Phil Jackson and Doug Collins that Shai Mendel points to is important: it needs to be sustainable, and talent needs to compound. Senior ICs can rarely make themselves X2 better every year. They can, howeve
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Shai Mendel's Dev Blog – The Last (Engineering) Dance(shaimendel.dev)
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by absolute100 5y ago
"Focus on what you know about yourself, what skills you have or might get, what serendipitous options might be available to you, and how you can make the most of them." -- Understanding that using Inversion as a mental model for c
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How to (Not) Plan a Career – #149 – By Paul Millerd – Boundless by Paul Millerd(boundless.substack.com)
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by absolute100 5y ago
Writing can help deal with our anxiety, fears, worries, and our Monkey Mind. I hope you'll take Daniel Schauenberg's story as an inspiration to find some medium to share your inner world, and find some peace. I try to enjoy the mo
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Journaling Through a Pandemic on Unwiredcouch.com(unwiredcouch.com)
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by absolute100 5y ago
Mathilde Collin with practical tips on energy management, structuring your days to maximize the areas you enjoy (high energy) and excellent at (provide high impact and value few can do): "There’s a very practical exercise you can do to
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How to find your zone of genius(collinmathilde.medium.com)
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"If team members are bought in, they bring their A-game. They contribute their ideas to the improvement effort and deliver solutions of the highest craftspersonship, because they want the effort to succeed. [...] A well-aligned product
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The Problem with Prioritization Frameworks(jefago.com)
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