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by mathattack 13y ago
The complaints about Singapore all seem true for many years. Sure it's a little sterile. Sure it's conservative. Sure it's small. These have all been true. It's also open to outsiders, and a model for good governance
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by mathattack 13y ago
Are there two levels of worry? One is within the usual bounds of brain chemistry, and can be beaten by preparation and perspective. The other is outside usual bounds, and is really a mental health issue. It seems like saying, "We'
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by mathattack 13y ago
He wasn't making that much money, and some of it had to be in hard to reach places. (401Ks?) So even if he had 100K, how long will it last when you're travelling internationally and staying in expensive hotels? Being a whistlebl
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by mathattack 13y ago
My experience is that wishy washy managers make everyone top rated, therefore nobody is really top rated.
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by mathattack 13y ago
The unintended consequence of this activity is that if people start negotiating their debt down, the collection firms will pay less for it. As a result, the least credit-worthy are going to have to pay even more for credit, or will be less
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by mathattack 13y ago
I stand corrected. Good for them!
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by mathattack 13y ago
Now that they get rid of it, I wonder if they're going to run into problems on the other extreme... - Difficulty knowing who the best employees are. - Employees surprised by layoffs. "I thought I was doing well." - Managers
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by mathattack 13y ago
Seems like Soylent is taking advantage if the entire industry loophole called supplements. If the loophole didn't exist, this type of entrepreneurship wouldn't. Food companies are also doing real experiments. I don't see ta
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by mathattack 13y ago
To me megapixel is a downside. After a certain point it just makes photos too big to share. I'm surprised that most people buy any cameras nowadays. I used to love carrying a digital camera around to take mediocre photos. I haven&#x
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by mathattack 13y ago
You hit the nail on the head. For most of us, it's not the MSG that causes the problem. It's what comes with it. For starters it's the sodium. For me it's the 1000 calories in a monster Doritos bag, or the 3000 calor
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by mathattack 13y ago
This is yet another reason to read the comments before jumping straight to the article. :-)
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by mathattack 13y ago
With all due respect... Even a great technical CEO can use the following, even if they're not explicitly motivated by building cool shit and making technology better: - For pre-IPO firms: Someone plugged in to all the investment bank
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by mathattack 13y ago
Old age, too much of the bottle, or both? :-)
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by mathattack 13y ago
Indeed. But companies have to operate that way. It's no different from a restaurant thinking, "If the economy doesn't improve, which 2 of my 20 waiters and waitresses will I let go first? I should let them know they're
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by mathattack 13y ago
Indeed and at this point the game turns into articulate managers defending their people and less true performance driven.
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'Rank and Yank' Retains Vocal Fans (2012)(online.wsj.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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Why Stack Ranking Worked Better at GE Than Microsoft(forbes.com)
2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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by mathattack 13y ago
If your boss is a weak performer, your options are to transfer, quit, or organize a coup. The third option is very risky, and doesn't work often outside of investment banks. If your boss is a weak performing CEO, then transfering is
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by mathattack 13y ago
I'm trying to tie this to the original article. Is the idea that performance reviews are inconsistent to systemic management improvements ala Deming? My understanding is he was against the annual review.
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by mathattack 13y ago
I think they'll do great in NYC. The city has an order out culture, and many financial services firms cater dinner. (Many bankers have dinner at the office every night) Law firms and accountancies too. The price point looks very ap
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by mathattack 13y ago
Let's start by accepting that 50% of CTOs can't be above average. What can you do about this as a CEO? I see variations of two themes: 1) Find some benchmark, and reset internal expectations if they're wrong. Replace the
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by mathattack 13y ago
These types of forced ranking systems are very tough. Microsoft has had a lot of complaints about there's. GE, on the other hand, has had success with theirs. I've seen them work successfully at large firms where they were ingr
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by mathattack 13y ago
Has anyone had any experience with the service? It sounds almost too good to be true, and much simpler than having a high paid employee running around coordinating Chinese food orders.
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by mathattack 13y ago
You're being generous about it being laziness. I'm blaming my own on old age. :-) But seriously, there are pros and cons with this. On the one hand, by outsourcing certain aspects of memory, we can hold much more. It's ki
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by mathattack 13y ago
I hear you, and that's how I learned. :-) But I find it much tougher on the topics I'm learning today. Perhaps it's because the old stuff is hard wired because it needs to be, but I keep less of the new topics in long term
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by mathattack 13y ago
The point is similar though - need the cheap internet connection on both.
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by mathattack 13y ago
With how much the Onion appears on Facebook feeds, it has successfully evolved. I do have to admit I was wistfully looking for this hint as a spoof, but I believe it's true. I miss grabbing the hardcopy in lieu of a watered down mini-
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by mathattack 13y ago
They made the leap from books to other items seamlessly. I think that their branding as Amazon rather than something else was behind this. They mildly redirected their brand with AWS, but still pulled it off. I think the analytic offerin
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by mathattack 13y ago
I agree completely on the internet access. Very hard to work through issues without online resources nowadays. How did we do it before there was such great online help like StackExchange?
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Ad surge a big 'megatrend' helping AOL: CEO Armstrong(cnbc.com)
1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments

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