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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   I agree. However, if you're going to do Do Not Book, I'd say auto-decline in better. As I say in the blog, I usually see the decline and reach out to book a better time.
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   Thanks! This book has been brought up a few times in this thread and i'm very motivated to read it now!
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   Clockwise is amazing! The issue i've had is getting everyone on my team to use it.
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   That's an interesting take! I think I agree with it. Of course every builder might not have the risk appetite for that but they could join an early stage startup as an alternative.
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   They could share similar ideas! I put it on my reading list :)
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   This is something I have struggled with throughout my career as well. To be honest, i've only seen a few ICs successfully manage a balance.
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   That definitely is an alternative and is something I used to do. The reason I like the focus time feature (if implemented the way I suggest) is that the goal is to instill this culture across the team so that it's more of a team/c
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   ~Can you expand on that thought?~ Oh do you mean the Focus Time feature?
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   by frankgrecojr 4y ago

   Yes agreed. I like to gain sticky consensus on work and then apply deliberate focus for me and my team so that we can ride a wave of motivation. By doing this, people are surprised with how fast things can get done.
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    by frankgrecojr 4y ago

    Yes! I love that book! It's done wonders to my productivity.
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    by frankgrecojr 4y ago

    The used market is about become very profitable :)
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    Focus Time Saved Me from Burnout(frankgrecojr.medium.com)

    160 points by frankgrecojr 4y ago|88 comments
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    by frankgrecojr 4y ago

    Confluent has an amazing free tier that lets you use a hosted Kafka cluster for free.
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    by frankgrecojr 4y ago

    the art of thinking clearly
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    by frankgrecojr 4y ago

    Have there been issues that have gone on unmaintained?
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    by frankgrecojr 4y ago

    This is awesome!