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by trentnix 4y ago
It's quite simple: If you don't follow the herd, you risk being blamed if you fail. But if you follow the herd and do what everyone else is doing, even if the herd runs off of a cliff, nobody points any fingers. You'd think s
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From the article: > To be honest, I always assume good faith from people who offer me to sign some documents Sure. And most people asking you to sign documents are doing so in good faith. But the contents of the documents themselves ov
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> Behavior spreads through a network as companies almost mindlessly copy what others are doing. When a few firms fire staff, others will probably follow suit. I generally agree. Copycat layoffs are the result of “we have to do somethin
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Not only are the numbers impressive, the tools are impressive too. But that doesn't change the reality that ad revenue related to search is the lion's share of Google's revenue. That makes them exceptionally vulnerable for a
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They should be freaking out. Google is overwhelmingly dependent on a single revenue stream and AI like ChatGPT is a serious threat to their dominant position. Not to mention, Google has spent a decade using their defacto monopoly as leverag
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1000x yes. I feel like I’ve had the same conversation about story points since 2006. Use story points. Succeed with story points. But don’t try to convince yourself (or me) they aren’t just an analogue for time.
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> Fix the problem, instead of slapping a bureaucratic band-aid on that's going to attrit any remaining quality developers. I don’t think this is right. It’s like a sports team: your system, your philosophy, your approach matters.
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> When we come into client orgs, they typically have no process in place and cannot understand why they're not shipping features. Sounds familiar. Back in my consultant days, we would encounter companies that wanted to be “agile”.
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> The only time I saw scrum masters really do anything was “leading” standup and “leading” planning meetings every other month. I put leading in quotes because there’s only so much leading one can do if everyone else knows more about th
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The criminal part I referred to is when it is insisted that you sign it under duress.
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100% It’s ridiculous how flippant and deceptive companies are about signing non-competes. Sometimes they neglect to mention it until you actually show up for work. So there you are, depending on this new job, standing in front of your new b
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It's one of my favorites. I've read it a few times and always find it insightful and motivating. It's an easy, quick read that I recommend to anyone that wants to build better software.
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MAP enforcement is essential if brick and mortar retailers are going to stay in business. And MAP enforcement is essential for companies seeking to maintain brand value and integrity. I believe both of those things are good for consumers.
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Not only will this give consumers a measure of recourse when they are ripped off by sellers, it will give vendors and manufacturers a clearer idea of which of their distributors and retailers are violating their vendor agreement. Those that
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Ask the 50 spook liars, including the formers heads of the CIA and FBI, that made the effort to release a statement calling it "Russian disinformation". They seemed to think it might have an impact.
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“We don’t shadow ban”
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I have to say I’m astonished at the casual dismissal of the blatant lies of the previous Twitter regime, their clear election manipulation, and the governments involvement in drawing attention to utterly trivial social media activity. The c
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Thank you for sharing this anecdote. It brightened my day. God bless you and your wife, and your daughter!
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That would adversely affect new businesses and discourage competition for well-entrenched businesses. The net results is that it would handicap growth. Consequently, it’s a terrible idea.
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I love the Golden Age and the entire trilogy from John C Wright. I can’t imagine how anyone could possibly adapt it with any success. So many fantastic, dense, and challenging subjects are explored in those books.
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Years ago, I ran out of ink in a HP All-in-One printer at my business at an inopportune time. To make sure it didn’t happen again, I bought a bunch of extras on Amazon. The extras arrived, everything looked normal, and I set them aside for
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It’s Vampire: The Masquerade for the modern rebel.
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I understand that reasoning, but I don’t think it bears out. It results in frequently hiring the lowest common denominator. No risks are taken. Bold thinking is suppressed. It trains your managers, whom you don’t trust to hire their own tea
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I can appreciate all of that. Maybe that’s the case I encountered and I wasn’t savvy enough to discern. But it’s also possible the interview simply wasn’t a good competence filter. And that possibility gave me pause.
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Maybe, and it’s flattering to think that. But I have to make my decisions based on the data I have.
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Absolutely. In the case I mentioned, interviewers did more talking than asking and listening, interviews were far too easy (I’m glad you like me but if you can’t really discern whether I’m good at my job, you’ve probably hired other people
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> One thing I noticed (although small sample set) was that the interview processes are very slow (like 1 round per week). Yep. And almost everyone is hiring by committee now. Because if the committee hires the wrong person, nobody hire
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Sounds familiar! Not to mention the interview itself being a never ending stream of “tell me about a time when…” Eventually you’ll get a “No” along with a message that, per policy, they don’t provide feedback. And then you’ll get several em
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Precisely as Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy predicts: First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and laun
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As a manager, I want to see myself in what he said because I really enjoy writing code and engineering solutions. But honestly , I don’t think the “want to” matters all that much when it comes to management. I do think many good managers ar

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