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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
I think the logical mistake is that I am able & willing to live simpler life in the village. But that won't be true for most.
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
I guess you might be right. It is just me noticing my own behavior patterns and extending it to the greater populace which is not correct. I had a pleasure to live in village, small city and big city. I feel I use much more resources in big
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
This. And I would say the broader distribution will actually be good for the environment as whole. Or at least it could be.
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
I am architect on the sales side. That's little bit crazier, I would guess. In the morning I look over our github/mail/slack queue to see whether someone needs urgent help. Then, if there are customer meetings scheduled on th
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
Good luck with your search. I think I will be soon in the same boat and happy to hear that your time was (at least partially) rewarding. I have 13 years of non-stop work for big tech and I cannot wait for the day I resign. Hopefully, someti
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
All the abstractions are ultimately leaky. Find me one that is not.
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
Daily stand-ups for the university professors!
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
Give more OKRs and JIRAs for the song writers... Schedule regular one on one with an actor!
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
I am inclined to say that burnout is so widespread because we are managing engineers badly. Try to manage artist, designer, song writer, actor, or stand up comedian and they will burn out as well.
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
Thank You for sharing. I had the really same experience (except only 13 years in). What I found helpful is having autonomy over the project. Having the autonomy allows me to achieve better results with less effort. Maybe that is something t
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
Totally agree. It is just allowing human element that creates quality craft. When you are following the best practices, you remove that human element (hyperbole, I know). When you force certain rules, jiras, stand-up, you increase predictab
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
CEO and CTO sounds like too much work. I call myself head of research in my own bootstrapped start-up. :-)
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
Vitamins, minerals yes. But what I found super useful is gut health probiotics. No need to eat them all the time, just when you feel challenged. I don't want to promote specific supplement products here, but let's just say there i
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by awesomegoat_com 4y ago
In my mind, young male have a lot of hormones that make them compete and it shows. There seems to be clear behavioral change in the average programmer as they age. Later in life (oftentimes with family), they do not have biological set-up t