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by thrav 7y ago
Yep. Prove that you can do your job in less time, and use the slack for learning. Dip out early on days you need to speak at things. Work from home on days you know will be slow and do learning while no one is around. It’s not difficult to
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by thrav 7y ago
“the only way to get ahead is to strike a deal with some kind of clique at the expense of the client” Ugh, it makes me sick how true this is, and how much shit I take for refusing to go along with it.
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by thrav 7y ago
This book is an excellent examination of this concept: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Mountain-Skills-Brian-Lopes... The author had almost no mountain biking skills and a friend who was one of the best in the world. The b
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Raptors at local dealers near me are all selling for $72-75k
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If you don’t think the Model 3 is a status vehicle, you crazy. It has status like having the new iPhone on day 1 has status. Different than big money status, but still status.
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Eat your heart out Baudrillard
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by thrav 7y ago
That’s not my interpretation of the message at all. That was certainly not my intent. My point was that the shaping of children by the world to hate, or judge, or otherwise adopt the beliefs of any given adult is exactly what corrupts them
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by thrav 7y ago
I agree. I think judgement is a learned behavior, as most parents constantly judge their behaviors. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched my one niece judge her little sister for a behavior that she herself had been admonished for a fe
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by thrav 7y ago
Didn’t necessarily mean the sentiment itself. Just expected a bit of hate for bringing it up period. Forgot this isn’t reddit.
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by thrav 7y ago
I know religion probably doesn’t play well around here, but your quote brought a memory rushing back that I feel like sharing. My very Christian mother once asked me to help her come up with a slogan for the church. I know her pastor well,
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by thrav 7y ago
If anyone has any doubt about this being something people foresaw in the 90's, read Infinite Jest. My buddy told me it was his favorite book, so I've been slogging through it for a while. It took effort to reach the heart of it, b
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by thrav 7y ago
I mean, the strategy has created all of the biggest winners: Amazon, Google, Facebook, Spotify, eBay, PayPal, (maybe) Airbnb, etc. Each of them effectively monopolized something for close to a decade. It’s not a failed proposition; it just
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by thrav 7y ago
My grandfather is passing 94 and exactly as you describe. He wants to see us all have his great grand kids, and says he’s not going anywhere until that happens. It motivated him to completely alter his diet when the doctor said so, take up
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by thrav 7y ago
Reddit certainly would. Moderating a top subreddit is definitely as much work as most part time jobs, and essential to that site actually being good.
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Reward them extremely well when they over perform. One sales person can easily create more ARR than 3 or 4 average ones. Make sure you pay them accordingly, and you can save yourself a lot of headaches and wasted hires.
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Depending on how big they’re talking, year long cycles are not uncommon.
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How is choosing to despair or not, not a confirmation of our free will? *I guess you're saying the "choice" is a product of things beyond our control, so our will is determined / not chosen. Confusing way to say it, but
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by thrav 7y ago
I think it’s primarily a public acknowledgment that they’re as important, maybe even more important, for such a mature company. The kinds of people who qualify, are the kinds of people who dream of being a CEO, and don’t want to roll up to
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by thrav 7y ago
Salesforce did it recently. It's about division of labor. https://fortune.com/2018/08/07/salesforce-keith-block-co-ceo... “I am going to be focusing on, No. 1, the products, the technology—as well as the
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They probably believe they are working for the betterment of the lives of the thousands of people in their organization. There are at least 100 people in that company they know personally and care about, and they're all rolling up to a
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by thrav 7y ago
Pretty sure they supply military gear, which some feel is not in line with their values (military are massive polluters), but is more profitable and less visible than cutting off the finance guys in vests.
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by thrav 7y ago
The right network is worth its weight in gold. Stanford or Cal MBA gives you access to all the right people. A huge contingent of other Bay Area high achievers to mix and mingle and start companies with and take investments from. MBA from t
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by thrav 7y ago
Has to stem from the rise of the individual. My sense is that in the east, the collective takes precedent. Individual liberty is not sacred in that world, so freedom isn’t either.
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by thrav 7y ago
Keep working on encouraging opinions of the others. Assure them it’s not rude; that you need to know what they think to ensure the best decision gets made. The culture has to go beyond making it safe to share opinions, and more to a place o
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by thrav 7y ago
It does say they have a book coming out. I think this is a teaser, with the book having more detail on each technique.
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by thrav 7y ago
Quip, used widely at many of the Bay Area's big tech companies, is working on achieving what you're after.
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by thrav 7y ago
Just to reiterate the point above, they're not entirely unpaid, unless they're a walk-on. Scholarship players receive tuition, housing, food, health care, clothing, professional career prep beyond the classroom, supplemental tutor
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I have a hard time believing that’s better than seeing both with absolute clarity, which is certainly possible.
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I would certainly still aim to learn it, but I wouldn’t let that intimidate me. I observed many people in Berlin starting with English, even when both parties clearly spoke German. I’ve had friends move out there and live and work for many
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Have to transition taxis from meter to set-pricing first. The uncertainty of getting into a cab and agreeing to pay an unknown price is a big part of why I avoid them. I’ve been hit with a ridiculous price at the end of a ride enough to dis

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