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by snorberhuis 4y ago
Thanks for your recommendation! I added it to my reading list.
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by snorberhuis 4y ago
> Often it appears in corporations the only people that are getting ahead are those types of yes people. That is why I love consulting. The managers that hire me often express themselves to be as critical as possible on the current way o
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by snorberhuis 5y ago
> The on-call time is also unpaid This is why on-call should never be unpaid. There is no incentive to reduce cost and improve that way.
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by snorberhuis 5y ago
I always suggest TODO's to be replaced during a Code Review by: 1. A ticket number that will be picked up shortly if should still be part of a larger change. In a healthy team, this is done within two weeks and you know where to perfo
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by snorberhuis 6y ago
Good point, I agree that you need both numbers. This story is only about the latency.
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by snorberhuis 6y ago
I agree that the Standard Deviation is a good measurement because of the big outliers. We also focus on these during retro. What made us remarkably slow? You want to drive down these issues. This investigation can help you in future work. I
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by snorberhuis 6y ago
Good point you hardly ever start with a clean slate. Using historical data or asking engineers to estimate how long it will take will always be based upon this past performance. But the point I try to make is that it is hard to take into ac
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by snorberhuis 6y ago
Thank you for your question! Yes, I try to make the distinction between prediction looking at historical data and estimation asking the engineers how long it will take.
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by snorberhuis 6y ago
Thank you for your comment! > But I don't get how they went from that to "estimations are bad". It seems to me that they're just doing better estimations now by looking at historical data? For me personally, I went fr
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by snorberhuis 6y ago
I am the author of the story. I appreciate any feedback so that I learn from you! I will be participating in the discussion.
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How I started believing in Cycle Time over Estimation(norberhuis.nl)
86 points by snorberhuis 6y ago|34 comments
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Benefits of AWS CDK(norberhuis.nl)
1 points by snorberhuis 6y ago|0 comments
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How to give remote presentations using Twitch(norberhuis.nl)
3 points by snorberhuis 7y ago|0 comments
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by snorberhuis 7y ago
I am definitely going to read this!
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by snorberhuis 7y ago
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin This book is about the lessons learned on leadership by two Navy Seal Officers and how they are applied in business. It learned me to take ownership on what is happening, always work toget
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by snorberhuis 7y ago
Once you get experience in having a TDD approach, my view is that you don't lose time with testing. Writing tests is a way to formulate your thought and assumptions. You implement this in your code and you selectively run these using t
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by snorberhuis 7y ago
You can have an accountant do it for you. I don't file my taxes in The Netherlands. This makes sense if you own a business.
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by snorberhuis 8y ago
I have used Manager for three years now. It has everything I want, except for good automatic syncing of bank transactions. I can import them from my local bank using a custom converter I built. Afterward, I need to match the transactions wi
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by snorberhuis 8y ago
Cool to see a company from my small town post here!
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by snorberhuis 8y ago
The change of business model drives the differences between coding boot camps. Because now the incentives with the students are aligned. Only if the students get a good job will Lambda school be paid.
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by snorberhuis 8y ago
I can recommend The Fog of War.
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by snorberhuis 10y ago
I looked at your kickstarter and you rate your sleeping bag at 20 degrees. 20 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit? If Celsius I am interested.