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Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI(abc.net.au)
4 points by qetuo13579 2y ago|0 comments
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Inherently Privacy-Preserving Robotic Vision(roboticimaging.org)
1 points by qetuo13579 2y ago|0 comments
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by qetuo13579 2y ago
I didn’t get asked if I wanted to become a manager. It just happened because my boss moved overseas to head up a new team and I was made team leader amongst my peers. A year later I was given the job title Engineering Manager to acknowledge
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by qetuo13579 3y ago
We call them “Engineering Notebooks” and after 5 years at a company they tell an interesting story of the projects worked on. I’m often reviewing notes from the past couple of months and occasionally have to go back a year or two to dig up
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by qetuo13579 3y ago
At my workplace we use lots of different tools and systems. No one has access to everything because of licensing costs. SAP Business One is the main ERP but to have part numbers added to the database, engineers use a separate ticket system
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by qetuo13579 3y ago
My team of hardware and software engineers is relatively new to Git. I’m trying to get them to commit and push small changes daily to a shared personal branch e.g. james-wip instead of one monster commit every 2 or 3 weeks. I encourage them
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by qetuo13579 3y ago
I fell into management because my boss moved overseas to set up a new team and I was asked to ‘supervise’ the team left behind. No pay rise, no title change but extra reporting responsibilities with a weekly evening phone call. A year later
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by qetuo13579 3y ago
I enjoy my work and put in extra hours because I want the business to be successful. Sometimes there’s an interesting problem that’s keeping me up at night. Sometimes there’s a deadline for an important customer I don’t want to let down. So
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by qetuo13579 5y ago
The AU engineers have all the existing product knowledge. The US is hiring for multiple positions to work on new products but US HQ doesn’t want there to be a distinction between the two teams. The plan is for both sites to be involved in a
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by qetuo13579 5y ago
Two got spooked and were nervous about their future with only 13 months tenure. The third is a senior dev with more than 10 years who’s disgruntled and convinced he’d only be kept on to tidy up loose ends and then discarded. Of the remainin
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Ask HN: How to Deal with Multiple Resignations?
22 points by qetuo13579 5y ago|25 comments
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by qetuo13579 6y ago
Software. It’s not Android, just Linux developed with Buildroot. We do have a web interface with a remote control feature that displays the screen and allows us to trigger buttons. I’m thinking we can use that interface to automate some bas
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by qetuo13579 6y ago
We have a handheld product (custom hardware) that we struggle to test. Currently it’s all manual testing but lately I’ve been wondering how to increase test coverage and automate it too.
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by qetuo13579 6y ago
Manager Tools have a forum. Not super active but if you’re patient there are some knowledgeable people there that will usually make some good contributions to the discussion. https://manager-tools.com/forums
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by qetuo13579 6y ago
I work for a small electronics design and manufacturing company. All our documents are allocated a number with a prefix for the document type: drawings, assembly procedures, manuals, reports, forms, standard operating procedures, job descri
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Ask HN: Ever found your job is being advertised?
2 points by qetuo13579 7y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Where do you go for freelancers?
3 points by qetuo13579 7y ago|3 comments
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by qetuo13579 7y ago
Results and retention. Focus on those and you’ll be fine. I recommend listening to the Manager-Tools.com podcasts. Apparently imposter syndrome is pretty common for managers, so just take all the uncertainty in your stride and keep learning
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by qetuo13579 7y ago
HyperCard and Logo on Mac introduced me to computer programming when I was 8 years old.
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by qetuo13579 7y ago
You can’t be a manager and a team member. To the direct you’ll always be the boss with a big flashing sign on your forehead. Your direct is professional with the team and I presume still achieves good results? Through one on ones don’t both
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by qetuo13579 7y ago
My boss is engineering manager at our company of 60 people (he leads 16 engineers) and still finds time to get down in the weeds solving tech problems in addition to managing us. I’m his number 2, based in another country and am responsible
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by qetuo13579 7y ago
We have 8 engineers with different skills stretched over 6 projects. It is a nightmare because all projects are top priority and late. We will be moving towards tracking tasks per project and per engineer. Currently tasks are only tracked p
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Ask HN: Online embedded Linux security training?
16 points by qetuo13579 7y ago|3 comments
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by qetuo13579 8y ago
Thanks for your support. My boss has always been happy with my performance as an engineer. He likes people to take ownership of their projects and always thanks me whenever I step outside of my direct area of responsibility to solve problem
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by qetuo13579 8y ago
Originally both the engineering manager and project manager were based in our office. The engineering manager moved to the overseas office a few years ago. This year the project manager moved to the same overseas office. I was asked to step
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by qetuo13579 8y ago
I turned up one morning to find two of my coworkers in a project meeting conference call with the PM. Later in my weekly "all projects" call with the PM I asked why I wasn't invited. She told me it wasn't my project. She
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by qetuo13579 8y ago
The engineering manager has been on leave while all this has been happening. I'll be bringing up my concerns when he's back next week. I'm sure he'll be quite understanding. He did reply to one email to point out that th
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Ask HN: How to handle being sidelined gracefully?
74 points by qetuo13579 8y ago|35 comments
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by qetuo13579 8y ago
In my previous job work was drying up so my boss sent me out contracting at another company. Six months later the company I was contracting at made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I’ve been there for 4 years now. Previous job was nearly 8 ye
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by qetuo13579 8y ago
My mother introduced me to LOGO at age 8. She was a teacher but could barely program herself. Pretty soon I was teaching myself from books.

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