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Also keep in mind, just because .NET does not show up in the top 50 YC Tech startup list, does not mean there aren't many startups using it. I am working on one such YC company. The entire server side stack is .NET based with F# and C# being the dominant language.

The difference between doing functional programming in C# vs doing functional programming in F# is subtle but important. A true FP language like F# will not allow code that introduces certain classes of errors FP is designed to prevent. Whereas in C#, a developer needs to be really careful not to introduce those errors even when following FP style. C# will always allow mutable states, null values, global variables, to name a few.

I once wanted to deploy a React front end (only), not served by Node. I spend 4 hours just to do a simple deploy and the app kept crashing. Finally, an obscure build pack command that needs to be executed surfaced on a blog post which solved my problem, which was not to be found ANYWHERE else!

One great book on how the culture of an entire giant company can change is "Who says elephants can't dance" by Lou Gerstner. He was the CEO of IBM who orchestrated IBM's transformation from a mainframe supplier to a service-oriented company. My take on the process is this - the change can be done and has been done when there is an existential crisis. The crisis may not be apparent from the outside, but company internals can notice a terminal decline of their core product/service and has an impetus to change the direction. Even then, it's not easy. I would argue that Microsoft had to make somewhat of an about-turn from Windows because first the Internet and second the Cloud was putting pressure on their core business threatening to make the OS a marginal player. I don't think Google is in that position, at least not yet. Google Ad business is not facing any terminal threat. Thereby it is much harder for Google to make a culture change because simply the pressure to make the change is not there at an organizational level. [Edit: Prepositional corrections]

1. Understand the hopes, motivations, needs, barriers faced by the members of your team 2. Learn the expectations and objectives set by your superior in terms of achieving success 3. Bring your expertise in connecting the two. Your team wants a manager they can respect. Be aware of your management style and improve upon it. If your team knows you have their back and can make things happen they will respect you 4. In turn, respect your team members. Set a clear path for their career growth. Nothing sucks more to see a manager who is too busy sucking up to upper management for his/her own good ignoring the people who support him/her

All the traffic is in River North, the area straight north bordering downtown. River North is where most of the nightlife is.

In my opinion, the book is about 1) How geographical location and natural factors (accidental agriculture etc.) resulted in some part of the humanity accumulate certain knowledge that helped accelerate them over others 2) Advancement of certain civilization is not a necessary indication they are better, smarter, more hard working, but an indication of accumulated knowledge resulting from #1 over a long period of time 3) #2 culminated in Europeans dominating the world over the better part of last 500 years