pikewood

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   by pikewood 15y ago

   Ever since pg put magazines out as a fund-worthy idea, I've kept an ear open to see if anything innovative had been started, because it sounded like an interesting challenge. But these ideas are a bit obvious and sound like they've taken th
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   by pikewood 15y ago

   But layoffs don't just happen in corporate, they happen often at startups too, and without warning (oops, just ran out of funding). Remember the last dotcom bubble? There were a lot of folks laid off with new technology skills that nobody w
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   by pikewood 15y ago

   Beware that this mindset is what some shops prey on. They entice those who have gone from college to corporate and now want an exciting change. Then they work them to death with dreams of stock options and label 80+ hour workweeks as "work
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   by pikewood 15y ago

   "Programmer" is the term we use to explain to non-technical people what we do. If they respond by letting you know they're a programmer as well, you can go into details about what languages and stacks you deal with. For everyone else: famil
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   by pikewood 15y ago

   This story sounds like an artificial lead-in to an "Agile saves the day" follow-up post, but there are other things going on here. There is a lack of ability by the lead to guide the team to sanity. Here's what I see needs to be done: * Sto