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by dpenguin 6y ago
Great analysis In the original article BTW. Hope to see more of these on HN.
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by dpenguin 6y ago
eBay has a big fraud headache. They have a bunch of algorithms (from the pre-ML-hype days) that take a variety of inputs to determine whether a given transaction is fraudulent or not. Presence of remote login service on the user’s computer
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by dpenguin 6y ago
That’s a similar argument I heard when slack cane around. “You don’t have to open the app if you don’t want to” or “You only reply when you want to” etc. But the expectation is that it’s way more synchronous than email for example, which wa
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by dpenguin 6y ago
First there were cubicles. Engineers could concentrate and get work done. They took a break by choice. The open office destroyed the productivity. One person speaks/gets up/chats with neighbor and everyone is distracted. You have
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by dpenguin 6y ago
Not to mention .. their job is the only one inside the engineering department that doesnt expect them to build/run/test the code hands-on.
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by dpenguin 6y ago
From my experience in 5 companies at various stages, engineering task management in whatever form is generally efficient until you hire your first program manager. This happened several times regardless of team size. The engineering manager
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by dpenguin 6y ago
Can’t say that before you know what I have in mind. That would count as bias against future ;) In seriousness though, I do think it’s possible to help people overcome their bias by helping them focus on what matters till the very end before
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Ask HN: Tool to Hire Without Prejudice?
1 points by dpenguin 6y ago|3 comments