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The stories we tell ourselves(ochronus.online)
4 points by ochronus 6y ago|0 comments
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by ochronus 6y ago
First: I'm so happy to see you're trying to change things for the better! Second: could you share more context around "you have no control over the format or time"? Could you describe the current process/format?
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by ochronus 6y ago
Welcome to the club :( Sorry to hear - and no, I don't think there are temporary solutions, it's extremely hard to make up for significant lost sleep. Having a few nights of good sleep definitely helps with the brain fog but there
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If you find giving feedback hard, read this for advice(ochronus.online)
3 points by ochronus 6y ago|0 comments
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Goal Setting for Engineers and Managers(ochronus.online)
2 points by ochronus 6y ago|0 comments
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by ochronus 6y ago
Just to clarify: what kind of goals do you mean? Is the context people management or anything in general?
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by ochronus 6y ago
Shameless plug about goal setting: https://ochronus.online/goal-setting/
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by ochronus 6y ago
The standards you've described are totally reasonable! This sounds like an amazing opportunity for you to have a really wide impact and a great chance for the company to level up their game using your experience. I'm sure you&#x2
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Top questions you get as a hiring manager(ochronus.online)
2 points by ochronus 6y ago|0 comments
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by ochronus 6y ago
I've heard it's webscale! ;)
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by ochronus 6y ago
Kudos! Nice work, I hope this helps with the adoption of WireGuard
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by ochronus 7y ago
<troll>myself</troll>
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by ochronus 7y ago
Yes, definitely.
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by ochronus 7y ago
Not to be nitpicking but “rinpoche” is a honorific term, not a name.
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by ochronus 7y ago
That's not what I meant, actually - I've worked with amazing people from HR (and less amazing ones, too, ofc) - what I meant is owning the problem and trying to inspire change instead of 'reporting' someone the first tim
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by ochronus 7y ago
Yesss, finally someone. Thank you.
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by ochronus 7y ago
I'd argue it could stick. There might be a systemic issue in this case, such as no proper interview training present. This might be a good time suggesting something like that or at least doing pair practice. In my experience there are
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by ochronus 7y ago
sorry, but that's not professional. Try talking to him first.
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by ochronus 7y ago
Depends on what you mean by "ok". Being a jerk to him might have some beneficial effects, mainly you yourself feeling better ("Now I've shown him, ha!") or maybe he realizes his wrong ways. I'd doubt the latter
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by ochronus 7y ago
<3
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by ochronus 7y ago
MY. GOD. THE. WORDING. 'probing assholes' 'asshole examination' 'sniffing out assholes' I hope it was intentional.
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by ochronus 7y ago
Unless you define what you mean by 'actual work' you'll get skewed results. Answers will be subjective and differing based on the kind of work someone does. E.g. in my case (engineering manager, not coding anymore): - I spend
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by ochronus 7y ago
aaand it's done. Thanks again!
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by ochronus 7y ago
Fair point, thanks for the feedback! I'll consider moving that statement up ahead
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Hero engineers can be deadly to team culture, it's time to retire those capes(ochronus.online)
22 points by ochronus 7y ago|24 comments
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Ask HN: How do you ensure the scalability and performance of your product?
3 points by ochronus 7y ago|0 comments
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by ochronus 7y ago
It's a pity the author misses on the nice language features of Rust. Compared to Go or C++ that can be more appealing to some engineers. I mean for example traits, pattern matching, immutability and the functional features.
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by ochronus 8y ago
chaos
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by ochronus 8y ago
Why are people taking jobs in governments? In oil companies? In tobacco companies?
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by ochronus 8y ago
Great article! Thanks for highlighting this often neglected aspect of communication!

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