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by jmathai 4y ago
You're at a severe disadvantage when pulled over by police. You may have the right to livestream a traffic stop. But the police officer has the right to do a lot more. Your best bet is to not get pulled over at all. If you do get pulle
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The most effective product evolution I’ve been involved in was at a startup. There were no backlogs. Just important features in progress or waiting to start. Everything beyond that was meaningless. They would no longer be important (for a m
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That's probably true and apparent in the midst of parenting. We say kids don't know how great they have it - and it's true. But we adults do and we should bask in it as much as possible. I'm a nostalgic and expect to bec
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by jmathai 4y ago
> When I'm too old to do much else, I want to retire into my past. I’ve never heard it stated quite like that.
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Alignment with your peers and leadership is paramount. The longer I work, the more time and energy I spend making sure everyone is rowing in the same direction. That seems to address many problems before they come to exist. This is especial
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by jmathai 4y ago
This clip of Lebron answering a reporter with such detail of a play shows just one aspect of how exceptional he is when it comes to basketball. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVJFRl6f6s
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by jmathai 4y ago
Yes. But not too far away. I went into product management.
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That’s correct. I’ve been programming for 25 years (until I changed careers, still in tech). Software in web development, at least, has a quickly shrinking shelf life and the value it creates (besides intellectual stimulation for developers
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This may sound silly and be off topic but I believe this is what got me to peruse a career outside of programming. This accurately describes modern life and, I think by extension, modern software development.
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And what non ad based solution will people use once they detect ads?
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They just laid off 6% of the company. So essentially they grew by 20% in 2022 and reduced their headcount by 6% in 2023.
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I created this github project a while back to help with this exact issue. I shared it with the org when I left - not something I would normally do but my team definitely needed the laugh. It will automatically reassign any jiras assigned to
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by jmathai 4y ago
This post agrees that it’s essentially copycat behavior. https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-la...
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He personally likes real estate but his advice is mostly to get into mutual funds (swap with ETFs if you prefer). He strongly advocates against taking debt to buy real estate. He only recommends purchasing real estate in cash. The recommend
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by jmathai 4y ago
Dave Ramsey. Listen to his podcast episodes. It’s a quick way to get a feel for his advice and to hear how real people who call in benefit from it. Go back to 2020 or so before his co-hosts started taking more airtime. He catches a lot of f
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by jmathai 4y ago
You should read about the work that his foundation does. Many billionaires set up foundations like this. Not sure where the skepticism comes from but surely he isn’t “giving over $4.5 billion to himself”. https://en.wikipedia.org
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by jmathai 4y ago
Found this relevant from Wikipedia: As of 2014, he had given over $4.5 billion to The Children's Investment Fund Foundation.[3] Hohn is worth $5 billion according to the Forbes billionaires list in 2020 https://en.wikipedia.
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by jmathai 4y ago
Looked him up and he seems like a solid person. I don't agree with his assessment of Alphabet but his activism and philanthropy may make up for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hohn
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by jmathai 4y ago
It's important to note that Larry and Sergey control over 50% of voting shares. Whatever share this investor owns, it's a minority share of votes.
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Yes. That's when I moved out to California. The tech industry looked and felt a lot different then than it does now. Recession or not.
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This was really evident the last time I drove up into San Francisco and noticed how bland all of the tech billboards were. Nothing interesting or novel…just a lot of enterprise SaaS products. Looked a lot different 15 years ago.
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by jmathai 4y ago
You shouldn't need VC to start (maybe ever) and probably shouldn't be thinking about it until you've got some traction and customer validation - which can take some time.
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by jmathai 4y ago
From the article - “While an agreement had been reached last year to work one to two days per week in the office, badge swipes indicated many employees “are not meeting their minimum promise,”” Reminded me of this quote from Office Space. “
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by jmathai 4y ago
I do this with photos. It bring me great joy to remember past moments. I write emails to my young kids and will share them with them once they are older. I guess I’m a nostalgic.
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You can definitely stop working (in the traditional sense where someone pays you for your time). This is a great thread from a 40yo lawyer who quit his job at the start of 2022. It took a lot of planning and patience but his account is a gr
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by jmathai 4y ago
Curious about this. The geometric mean of return for the S&P500 is about 7% over several decades. The longer the time horizon the more likely you’ll hit 7%. Why do you think it’s similar to holding cash?
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by jmathai 4y ago
Humans are terrible at gauging risk. I think the parent comment was highlighting the risk component of this. VTSAX-and-chill is gambling also. But the risks are so wildly different that Tether is closer to buying lottery tickets than index
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I have an 8 year old app that reminds me a lot of this article. Something that's worked really well for me was that I created a plugin feature and most new features are actually plugins. This lets me add capabilities without touching o
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by jmathai 4y ago
> Novelty and optimization are the enemy of durable, long term code. This sums up so much of what makes software rot in seemingly short time horizons. Oh, and 3rd party SDKs that he mentioned. Limit complexity and 3rd party SDKs like the
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by jmathai 4y ago
Fixed. Thanks.

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