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khaledtahaon Balancing engineering cultures: Debate everything vs. just tell me what to build

To jump in front of a bullet that no one wants to be struck by? As a PM, I want my eng team to be courageous and stand by their decisions rather than respecting me only once I offer my self in a sacrificial ritual.

khaledtahaon Lessons learned from the recent job hunt

I’d prefer I’d no one was punching anyone. Just because a person belongs to a privileged group doesn’t mean that they should be subject to any harassment.

We’re smart enough to convey our viewpoints without having to insult. It only helps with our righteous self-indignation at the expense of making inroads towards actual, positive change.

khaledtahaon Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp

Let’s not do that. I’m incredibly appreciative of OPs transparency here. As a person who is susceptible to the same degree of stress and mental health toil, let’s not make the story about the investor but rather around the stresses of being a CEO.

khaledtahaon Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

Or perhaps we should take a step back and design a new set of rules that can allow Twitter and other companies to moderate without having to be responsible for the content. I feel like there’s a false dichotomy being portrayed here that’s unnecessary.

khaledtahaon SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto market glut

That’s what’s happening. The article mentions that exact scenario.

khaledtahaon SUVs parked on cargo ships reveal scope of U.S. auto market glut

Having worked at an OEM and in automotive I can tell that what you’re saying is simply not true.

Where would they get the money? From cutting out the middleman, from increasing sales by offering an alternative to the terrible dealership experience (spending 1-2 hours buying a car is not ok) and from gaining the flexibility to offer alternative business models (i.e. subscription models).

Dealerships are the past. They may very well be the deadweight that will cause incumbent OEMs to sink rather than swim.

khaledtahaon Microservices [video]

I believe this was at Snap Inc. I’ll try to find the link later.

khaledtahaon College-educated workers are taking over the American factory floor

Maybe that’s the business model? It may be cheaper to train than to retain.

khaledtahaon Meetup.com alternatives

You’re assuming there’s only one business model.

khaledtahaon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)

Autonomic | Palo Alto, CA or Detroit, MI or Toronto, ON | Full-Time, Onsite | https://autonomic.ai Autonomic is building the Transportation Mobility Cloud: the platform for the transportation ecosystem. Great team, amazing culture, working on bleeding edge stuff.

Here are our open roles:

Manager of Developer Relations, Technical Support Engineer, Support Engineer, AWS Core Services Engineer, Field Software Engineer, Kubernetes Engineer, Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Senior Security Engineer, Senior Software Engineer (multiple teams), Software Architect, Software Engineer - Kafka, Product Manager

I'm a PM here. You can reach me on khaled@autonomic.ai or apply directly with the link below.

https://boards.greenhouse.io/autonomic?t=gelirj2#.Wpc6a5PwaL...

khaledtahaon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)

Autonomic | Palo Alto, CA or Detroit, MI or Toronto, ON | Full-Time, Onsite | https://autonomic.ai

Autonomic is building the Transportation Mobility Cloud: the platform for the transportation ecosystem. Great team, amazing culture, working on bleeding edge stuff.

Here are our open roles:

I'm a PM here. You can reach me on khaled@autonomic.ai or apply directly.

khaledtahaon Detroit News Vehicle of the Year is a Tesla

I agree. I has the 2017 S-Line Prestige Edition and I much prefer the interior of a Tesla Model 3.

khaledtahaon Ask HN: Resumes that look good but professional too

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rp7pwyprtf6a0gu/Khaled%20Taha%20-%...

My resume is, admittedly, overboard. I created it back when I needed to stand out. I used InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

khaledtahaon How to Design a Scalable Rate Limiting Algorithm

Have you found any viable alternatives to Kong?

khaledtahaon How Stripe Designs Websites

That's an example of great design.

khaledtahaon The purpose of Tesla is not to make money

I can't help but view Tesla as an ongoing kickstarter. This was made even more apparent in their latest unveiling. I say this as a fan of their vision, mission and current product offering.

khaledtahaon New Tech Incubators Put Finances First

IMO this is highly dependent on certainty. If there is a low uncertainty around the product, technology, and/or market then this is a very useful exercise. However, as uncertainty grows so does the futility of trying to articulate a coherent business model.

khaledtahaon Ask HN: Do you hold any cryptocurrencies?

Do you think the latest surge is sustainable?

khaledtahaon Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project

While that makes for a great anecdote, there are action-oriented people should not be heeding that advice. An appropriate balance between rational ignorance and analysis paralysis must be struck. Otherwise, it's left to others to deal with your predisposition towards an extreme.

khaledtahaon ARCore: Augmented reality at Android scale

Not only that, but you can quickly solve that issue by going with Pixel/Nexus devices. So I'm not sure that the criticism is well-deserved.

khaledtahaon 97 Year Old in a Tesla

Not OP, but it's not just the ability but its also the willingness to learn new things.

khaledtahaon Ask HN: What costly inefficiency do you see at work?

I believe the future of companies will be internal startups vying for investment dollars. With disruption challenging even the most traditional and stable industries, we'll think back and muse to ourselves as to how political and beauracratic we were.

That being said politics will always exist, but not the debilitating level (IMO) to which we've seen in the past.

khaledtahaon Cover (YC W16) Raises $8M Series A

Yikes, nice catch.

khaledtahaon Ask HN: What about a platform for hiring teams instead of individuals?

While you may not get validation, you will get a critical analysis of your idea from multiple perspectives. I've already seen some responses with amazing insights that would've taken an inordinate amount of time to gather.

khaledtahaon How ‘Critical User Journeys’ can help a product take off

I'm curious to see what improvements to your workflow and to the experience you have seen. I'm open to anecdotes but I'd love some metrics if you have any.

khaledtahaon How to Keep Your Best Programmers (2012)

>Process is the enemy.

Nowhere in the article is process mentioned. So I'm not sure how you concluded that process was to blame.

Let's say that process is the cause. How would you evaluate and reward people for 'business impact', presuming we have a method of determining it? Wouldn't it be through a process?

Perhaps what you meant to say was that poorly designed processes or a process driven culture cause problems, one of which is employee boredom.

khaledtahaon Screen sharing comes to Slack video calls

Just because something could be built it doesn't mean it should be. I, for one, applaud the fact that they rolled it out when they were good and ready. Shows a steady hand at the steering wheel.

khaledtahaon Thoughts on the Late 2016 MacBook Pro

Yes, but that can also mean that during that it was shelved as a bad idea only to be revived as a scrambled attempt to have a one-more-thing moment.

khaledtahaon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)

The PM, Dev Managers & Scientist jobs are not showing. Are they posted anywhere else?

khaledtahaon Flickr – A Year Without a Byte

Yes, but I would like to see this against their metrics. Were they growing or shrinking in terms of activity at the same time? And by how much?

I suspect that Flickr's past the explosive growth stage so an optimization like this is timely.