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Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I echo this sentiment completely. I do 2-3 days a week in my office and I am personally mentally better off for it.
That said, personally is the key word. I manage a team. I love seeing employees together and aligning on things in person where possible - but totally understand if this does not suit their schedule that day or week. It often does not work with mine.
It's the small human mistakes that are innocent and spontaneous - like inevitably spilling coffee on myself - that keep us humble.
Some fit the remote world entirely never wanting to see the inside of an office again, some thrive off rubbing shoulders with colleagues. I found it difficult to not have social engagements outside of family during the darker periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. I also found myself working longer hours, not having solid disconnected time or neglecting my health physically and mentally.
I believe we still have a lot to learn about how to work best remotely. Businesses should invest in making this as normal as possible - for example enforcing a work-from-desk policy for calls has helped normalise communication. I do worry slightly about those younger graduates coming into the industry now that have never had the experience of working in an office.
Comment · 3 years ago
I bought a 400g can of triple concentrate thinking it was chopped tomatoes (I'm in Greece, I do not speak Greek). It is fate. Gruyère sounds good, thanks for sharing!
Comment · 3 years ago
Learned how far I can push myself physically and mentally in my first Ultra Cycling event (2400km).
Not sure I'll do another one, but it was a good experience and at at an age where performance will start decreasing from here. I need to do a write-up.
Comment · 3 years ago
Share some of said recipes, you smug dog! I always want to up my pasta game.
I'm still arguing with my extending family about the amount of salt in the pasta water... baby steps
Comment · 4 years ago
Rapha | Senior DevOps Engineer | London, UK | Full-time | Hybrid
Rapha's aim is to inspire the world to live life by bike by sharing experiences to motivate users to make the modal shift and to build product that stands up to the tests thrown at you on two wheels - whether you're riding the gravel trail or commuting in the rain to work.
We are hiring a Senior Engineer to help push forward their practices of deployment, visibility and encouraging our teams to work in progressive manner. There's a good amount of career progression available in this role. We are looking for someone ideally who has a few years experience and is looking to begin their progression to lead the platform side of the team.
We're re-platforming our technology stack to use a new e-commerce checkout tool and are working to glue things together via a Middleware to enhance our website customer experience and start to deliver product on our mobile application. This is a complete rethink of how we are delivering experiences to our customers, and see ourselves having an unusual proposition.
Due to our fairly unique culture, we would love staff to be in reasonable distance to London. We connect via in-office experiences, lunch and quarterly bike rides with both direct and indriect team members. Rapha see see this as important. There is an expectation to be in the office once a week. The office is in Archway (N19)!
Technologies: Javascript (React, NextJS, Node), AWS (Lambda, S3, Event Bridge, SQS, Elasticache, Step Functions, X-Ray), Gitlab CI/CD, Terraform, Serverless, Grafana Cloud, Cloudflare
See more about the role and us here: https://grnh.se/60d10e571us
Comment · 4 years ago
This is a design choice by urban planners for the past 60 years. This has statistically lead to detrimental aspects of every day living, and additionally cars are often not an attainable mode of transport for the poor, and the poor are often living in areas that have to deal with the by-product of pollution.
The incidental-exercise aspects that are positively impacting mental health health and obesity. We need to build better places for people, not cars, and this is something that's been ingrained over legislation from the automotive industry for the past century.
Cars are part of the puzzle, and shared cars could be exceptional. They are not sustainable to produce or operate and never will be.
One company of interest for me at least is Culdesac: https://culdesac.com/
Comment · 4 years ago
Sigh. I don't believe this aids the discussion in any meaningful way at all.
Comment · 4 years ago
This is really useful and food for thought, thank you!
Comment · 5 years ago
Here's one for you on that topic from London: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56647128
Cities should start taxing the size of vehicles too if they're going to let people park on the street. Smart cars are a fantastic utility vehicle for example, but are not incentivised enough.
Comment · 5 years ago
Rapha Racing | Infrastructure Engineer | London | Full Time | Commutable to On-Site (London/Asturias) | Compensation based on profile |
Rapha's mission is to make cycling the most popular sport in the world. We're here to promote and create the best performing cycling clothing products whether you're riding around the local park or grinding out the Transcontinental Race. The international cycling club with a network of clubhouses and partner cafes encourage riders to get out of their comfort zone and experience some of the most beautiful sights and sounds outside.
We're currently undergoing a re-platform to enable us to utilise a modernised multi-tier architecture to improve our customer experience and allow us to leverage new areas. The community is everything.
We are actively looking to fill 3 roles in our technology department:
* ERP Team Lead: https://boards.greenhouse.io/rapha/jobs/3033431
* Infrastrucutre Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/rapha/jobs/2455254
* Senior Cloud Developer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/rapha/jobs/2332699
The Rapha Why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xhdxRSm-MU
Comment · 5 years ago
This is an interesting observation but I'd argue there certainly cities where cycling is a norm (Amsterdam, Copenhagen) and cities that are increasingly turning to 2 wheels as a way to solve density (Paris, Berlin, Oslo). I think the UK, like the US, suffers from the idea of cars being a status symbol. I've no idea how this works in Tokyo for example, would be good to know their approach to cycling as an alternative, but pedestrianisation of areas and city centres are what we should certainly strive for.
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