pkrotich

Man… the battle between cultural expectations and our true selves is humanity’s oldest conflict. A few people get lucky. Most of us survive in the cracks.

No capitalization was as surprising as the narration itself… not sure how to feel about it! Counter culture?

The keyword is diligently keeping your system up to date! That said you’ll still have exposure to zero day vulnerabilities and DOS attacks.

Drama - but I’m making progress with radical accountability (which I used to think of as self gaslighting). It has helped me cut down my own bullsh*t and I’m happier for it!

I’ve been toying with the idea of creating physical coffee table books with accompanying digital / online version (think photo blog) to document both pictures and thoughts for a particular trips for example- I think it’s much better approach than old school albums.

All I need is a mini-press operation

Am I the only one who went “wtf is mutton?” ;)

Love goat stew - but you have to know how to season and cook it right tho.

Not when it’s at-will employment. You don’t need a reason to fire anyone in most states in US. Only exceptions are protected things like because of gender or race etc - but that is even blurry to prove it.

Unions are the only protection but companies do everything to burst unions e.g Starbucks and Amazon.

I most definitely struggle with this as well - a friend sharing their issues can result in instant solutions streaming out or even sleepless night “solving” their problems!

I haven’t completely gotten away from the habit but I now make sure I ask at least 3-5 questions about how they’re going to address the issue, details or how they feel - it helps me slow down the stream of solutions and more often than not they already have a solution of sort!

Same here - reminds me of a lawyer named “So Sue” - cannot find the reference but I thought it must be interesting seeing her name on legal papers.

Mine never drops that low - but it has gone as highly as 500+ and I can definitely feel that something is off.

Question - do you eat meals in regular schedule or just once a day?

It would really depend on the severity of the bugs... assign severity levels as part of triaging.

Also what kind of bugs are coming up is important... I think bug do tell stories; it might help you identify issues with feature assumptions on workdlow or use-cases and that needs to inform your product development as a feedback loop to avoid technical debt and having to rewrite stuff later.

Depending on the size of your team, I would have a 2-4 people focusing on just bugs / QA (so you can catch most bugs going forward) while the rest of the team focuses on new features.

This is welcomed news! I'm diabetic (type 2). While I have it under control and don't need continous monitoring or insulin, it would be nice have data on levels monitored.

I've considered implantable monitoring like Eversense CGM but it's costly and the implants only last for 90 days and requires doctor's visit to "install" it. At the moment - I resort to finger testing whenever I feel off or want to know the measurement.

I would be willing to do an implant (chip?) if it can last for say a year+ with Apple Watch, for example, tracking the data and sending me alerts as needed.

I used to believe in "culture fit" as well but it took me going to a tech conference to realize it was a codeword / gateway for alot of **isms.

And I don't even mean racism - say your potential candidate is older with kids (assuming you're younger) would you pass them because they cannot go out drinking with you after work (a.k.a social circle)?

That said, I agree that you want to work with people you get along with, but it has to be at work. Social circle is the issue for me.

It's just like dating - have you tried it lately? Dating Apps has made the issue even worse - so "better" hiring platform is not a viable solution either.

The quickest hires IMHO are via referrals - but this is sort like arranged marriages/dates and it comes with it's own set of issues (nepotism etc).

I think companies need to have dedicated HR / Recruiters (or hire headhunters) to cut down on such frustrations. But the problem is tech hires, unlike construction / temp hires require high touch interviews with department heads etc. Add flood of resumes (now that WFH is a thing) and it's so difficult to speed up the process since it's costly to hire the wrong candidate.

Most locals go MIA during parades. Absolutely not worth driving anywhere today!