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How to let others make mistakes so they learn more efficiently during work hours without crashing production.

Yeah, I noticed that a bit, too. I originally meant the megathread post itself. I try not to read too many comments in such threads on Reddit; regardless of the topic ;)

Agreed.

Said family member mentioned in the parent thread keeps a handheld radio (I don't know the exact tech specs, sorry) for such occasions. That said, they mostly use it to just listen for any logging trucks calling out checkpoints so they can avoid getting in their way when travelling to their remote campsites.

Coupled with a Garmin inReach w/ backcountry maps installed, it gives us peace of mind in case something goes wrong out in the bush.

They frequently go camping with their family in the interior of BC so they always have one for emergencies. I agree they can be pricey, but it obviously paid for itself just in this situation alone :)

Yeah, good questions that I'd also love to see see answers to!

My favorites for retro-like discussions (if you think it will be beneficial):

1. What did you worry about the most in the beginning that later turned out to be silly/inconsequential?

2. What did you intentionally put off in the beginning thinking it wasn't a big deal that you later regretted not spending more time on?

It's an internal tool developed at Amazon so it's not available to the general public.

That said, it's nothing super fancy. Simple collaborative sticky note app that supports Markdown and has the ability to vote once per sticky.

Yup, same here. Not sure how I was ever on their list :/

Another nice add-on to this format within my department is that we utilize an internal retro tool for people to post their questions for discussion.

After the 20ish or minutes of silent reading, we give people ~5min to post their questions for all others to see in real-time. We then give people a set number of votes and the presenter goes through the list answering the questions in descending order of votes.

I was hesitant at first when they introduced this (since it felt like more red tape), but I've found it helps focus the discussion on the most important feedback while avoiding one person bikeshedding the discussion time right at the beginning.

Congratulations Dalia! Best of luck with your new adventures in and outside of Google!

Your story motivated me even more to keep nurturing my niece's interest in programming :)

I especially do not envy the UX designer & copywriting staff that may have to address this across of all AWS' consoles/public documentation.

I've worked with UX/UI designers across multiple companies for over a decade, and the simpler something seems (i.e. making a new logo) the more time & resources it usually takes to do properly.

If this truly comes to pass, then I couldn't imagine the difficulty of having to re-brand AWS in China that'll make both the CCP and AWS' leadership happy.

Heh, when I started working in the payments space, I had fleeting moments early on where I caught myself thinking something similar.

I soon realized, however, head-in-the-sanding the other current use cases and their complexities would be an amateur mistake.

I'm doubtful browser vendors could ever properly encapsulate the various international payment use cases behind their abstraction, but I would love to be proven wrong.

Bank accounts (ACH/SEPA), EU's relatively recent push for MFA for credit card transactions, India's mandate overall for MFA, China's gov't regulations around customer payment data not leaving the GCF, validation of China Union Pay cards in North America, etc., are all complex instruments/workflows that are no small feat to handle and handle well.