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Deprecation of HCP Vagrant(developer.hashicorp.com)
3 points by cybadger 2mo ago|1 comments
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by cybadger 2mo ago
HCP Vagrant is the hosted registry that makes it easy to pull Vagrant boxes. The Vagrant CLI will remain available.
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by cybadger 1y ago
Thank you for the feedback! I've certainly been misunderstood more than once. I've also misunderstood people who thought they were being perfectly clear. That particular example is intended to be an example of a well-intentioned
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by cybadger 1y ago
Mgr: "I need you to plan travel to LA." Dev: "Cool, got it." (Having been that dev, wrong! Don't got it. Which is why, as manager...) Mgr: "I need you to plan travel to LA. For the six of us. Planning to
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by cybadger 1y ago
> What I dislike about the original post is that he seems to think his job is to lead and have them follow. Can you help me understand what in the original post came across that way? Sure, managers do have a responsibility to lead their
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by cybadger 1y ago
Author here. Yes, if you don't know the domain, you should have a really good reason for overriding the team. Asking questions is a way to gather information that you can then share back with the team. If I were new to a team and had
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by cybadger 1y ago
Location: Iowa, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No (\* yes for amazing opportunity) Technologies: C#, TypeScript/JS, Python, Ruby, Azure, relational and document DBs, DevOps,... Resume/CV: 20+ years engineering
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by cybadger 1y ago
Location: Iowa, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No (\* yes for amazing opportunity) Technologies: C#, TypeScript/JS, Python, Ruby, Azure, relational and document DBs, DevOps,... Resume/CV: 20+ years engine
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by cybadger 1y ago
SEEKING WORK | Iowa, USA | Remote Hi! I'm Matt. I solve team problems: individual issues, teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, delivery, workflows. Looking for fractional / consulting / coaching work helping managers (d
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by cybadger 1y ago
SEEKING WORK | Iowa, USA | Remote Hi! I'm Matt. Good at solving problems with teams that blend organizational and technical. Looking for fractional / consulting / coaching work helping managers (directors, etc) or high-perf
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by cybadger 1y ago
Location: Iowa, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No (\* yes for amazing opportunity) Technologies: C#, TypeScript/JS, Python, Ruby, Azure, relational and document DBs, DevOps,... Resume/CV: 20+ years engineering
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by cybadger 1y ago
I will add a third claim against it: all that black and gold. As an Iowa State grad, there's a certain arrogance that the University of Iowa undergrads give off (grad students and faculty seem to be fine). [For those not from '
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The One Hour Employee(cybadger.com)
1 points by cybadger 1y ago|0 comments
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by cybadger 2y ago
‎‎ Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Remote: Yes, preferred Willing to relocate: Only for an exceptional opportunity Technologies: C#, Javascript, Python, SQL, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Azure, testing, the written word, and many o
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by cybadger 3y ago
Updating to add the Onboarding Algorithm post I mentioned above. https://www.cybadger.com/2023/06/04/the-onboarding-algorithm...
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by cybadger 3y ago
A lot of what is in this thread is excellent. I'm actually working on a fairly detailed HOWTO for creating a custom-fit onboarding program (send me an email and I'll send you a draft; I'll update here when it's ready fo
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by cybadger 4y ago
Seconding Manager Tools podcasts. Use their "Map of the Universe". Professional Success -> Professional Skills -> Meetings gets to most of the meeting casts. Having an agenda and sticking to it plus setting ground rules he
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by cybadger 4y ago
Agreed, especially starting with Working Effectively with Legacy Code . One of the hard things about what we're assuming is OP's tech lead role is that they're having to influence changes up (with management) and down/l
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by cybadger 4y ago
Hey! I know this is a bit late, but Part 1 of Basecamp's book "Shape Up" might be helpful too. It's not explicitly about specs, which is probably why I didn't think of it before, but it's worth a skim. https
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by cybadger 4y ago
Are you talking about from the employee's point of view, or the HR process? I'll answer from the employee/team's point of view, because that's more interesting. If you're looking for the HR tools, disregard t
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by cybadger 4y ago
There are a lot of different levels of rigor you can aim for when writing a spec. But at its most simple, a spec simply captures what you want the product to do in enough detail that you can later focus on implementing. The "big deci
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by cybadger 4y ago
I'm close to your age, male, been married for quite a while, kids. So take what I write with appropriate amounts of salt, because things definitely look different at 41 than 21. I've had some guy friends who have been similarly f
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by cybadger 4y ago
My favorite estimation hack / joke is similar: take your best estimate, double it, and move up to the next higher time units. So "oh, an hour or so" becomes 2 days. A week turns into two months. I don't usually express
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by cybadger 4y ago
This just in: the Surface Transportation Board is requesting additional data from the Class Is for reasons that sound highly relevant to the original article. https://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_legislation_r...
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by cybadger 4y ago
I agree 100%, based on my own experience both as having been a kid and being a parent. Like a lot of other folks have already posted, I was also the weird sort of kid that spent time "playing on the computer" and talking about wha
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by cybadger 4y ago
I used to ride my bicycle to work most days. I like to ride. I am all for "a bicycle is a vehicle", but I still think this adjustment makes sense. Being able to treat a stoplight like a stop sign is great. It's pretty comm
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by cybadger 5y ago
Hey Adam, it's pretty fun! I agree with some of the other posters that landmarks and businesses could be a good addition. I did have some trouble understanding how it's calculating distance and drawing the dashed line. It does n
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by cybadger 5y ago
There were two things that helped me overcome perfectionism. Well, probably more, but two that stand out. One was getting focused on the purpose of my activity. I'm writing a letter to persuade X of Y. I'm writing documentation
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by cybadger 5y ago
As a framework, I've yet to find something better than the Manager Tools "Trinity" which includes coaching [0]. The short version: work with each of your directs to have a coaching goal. Help them define one or more next st
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by cybadger 6y ago
I second the recommendation for Manager Tools. Start with the "Basics" casts on one-on-ones, feedback, coaching, and delegation to get up to speed. Their book The Effective Manager by Mark Horstman is a great place to start, too

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