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johntamon Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

Not OP, but a lot of American companies do layoffs on a Friday in an attempt to have fewer headlines on a weekend (news outlets aren’t fully staffed then, people are distracted, etc.)

https://www.kornferry.com/insights/articles/bad-news-deliver...

johntamon The care and feeding of software engineers, or why engineers are grumpy (2012)

Any other recs?

johntamon Impact of a Night of Sleep Deprivation on Novice Developers’ Performance (2018)

You get 3+ hours of deep sleep?! I seem to regularly crack 1 hour of deep sleep (tracked by my watch) but that’s it.

Anything you’ve done or do to improve the amount you get?

johntamon Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python

+1 for EPI. Using it now myself. It's great stuff.

johntamon Computer science as a lost art (2015)

+1. It was a terrific read when I took my Computability course, very, very well-written.

johntamon YC’s 2018 Summer Reading List

I think so (not the original replier).

SPOILER FOR THE FIRST NOVEL . . . . . .

The whole paradigm of Earth defense changes so dramatically, as people realize sophons can see everything people do. I highly recommend continuing, as you see society changes in the series.

johntamon US quits Paris climate pact

> 1/53rd the number of representatives in the House.

I assume you meant 53 representatives?