- builds a personalized learning plan
- adapts as you progress
- generates short audio lessons
- gives real projects
- has a daily voice check-in agent
- lets you share a public progress dashboard
A lot of people on HN shit on management, and I ask, are you able to be technical and as fluent in people skills as this post suggests? It’s not easy and, more importantly, it’s rare to have this intersection of skills (technical, people). Most are one at the expense of the other.
Just goes to show you what kind of freaks are on HN, idolizing one of their own. Ole Ted was also a proponent of remote work from his lil cabin on the prairie.
I’m a good looking and charismatic programmer, one who understands we evolved as a species solving problems with other humanoids on the planes, and it makes perfect sense to me that a hybrid work situation is the optimal way for most teams to solve problems most of the time. I’m sorry you feel dominated, consider developing the non programmer side of your spirit.
Yea he seems to have really double downed on the more gossipy side of tech. I don’t understand the play (outside of sensationalism), and I’m starting to lose faith in his brand.
Username checks out… I imagine much of this community you reference is mostly intoxicated with mind altering substances? Curious how that contributes to said community.
I appreciate this post, and while many parts of my career are different, I feel you. Sounds to me like you enjoy working hard with smart people…maybe try teaching hs math or something. The work is rewarding and you notice most incremental effort you put in. Staff vary but you can usually find a core group of coworkers who are passionate and idealistic. You’ll take a massive pay cut, feel exhausted after each day, and your soul will slowly heal.
Serious question, what does it mean to be a good man? Or at least, what/who are you pointing your son to in this regard? I fear we don’t have many forums or role models for being a good man, which is complicated by, IMO, the chorus coming from the left which seeks to demonize “toxic masculinity”. As an atheist I’m seriously considering if we all need some more Jesus in our lives, or some figure (real or not) who can espouse snippets of Good Man conduct.
The book in reference here is Trust, which was a finalist for the most recent Booker prize. I would say the answer to the question posed here is definitely, “yes”. It’s well written, has a good twist, and occasionally evokes the idea of ML algorithms used to predict the stock market (even though it’s set in the early 20th century).
If you draw a Venn Diagram, with one circle being technical skills and the other circle being leadership skills, the intersection is engineering management. Unfortunately this is not a natural combination for most people, and it’s why there are so many bad engineering managers out there.