Search Results: story
the blind side of seniority
…it is no longer relevant. It took something without my history to ask whether it was still true. Bring the Naive Ones Which brings me back to the Black Sheep. A team made only of people who have been… [more]
What Makes a Senior Engineer Senior, and How Do You Build a Great Team?
…at scale. Engineering orgs do this constantly. Velocity. Story points. Leveling rubrics. Headcount plans that treat an open req as a unit of interchangeable capacity. Every one of those is an… [more]
That’s what heroes do
…off into the rising sun. Footnotes This is another short story from my college days now published here. This one was written in Spring 2008. ↩ [more]
My Name is Ed
…at first you don’t succeed… Footnotes I wrote this short story in college for a creative writing class in Spring 2008, so not new, just finally published here ↩ [more]
the megaphone
…megaphone https://www.toa-global.com/en/profile/company/history ↩ Here are some examples of songs with megaphones that demonstrate this well: Going Under by Evanescence , pay attention to the way the… [more]
Book Review-How to Survive in a Science Fictional Universe
…I thought it was going to be a fun, sci-fi, time travel, story, and then it is. But it very quickly turns into a cerebral discussion of the futures we long for, the people we miss, and the need to… [more]
What Makes a Team Lead Great?
…discussions of leadership styles. It's basically a story designed to prove that small independent teams beat large top down teams every time. Card might disagree with me about this, but you have… [more]
Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software
…communication is happening between them. Send me a short story not a script From the Q&A session, this was a gem that I almost missed. The importance of checking for the skills you actually care… [more]
Book Review-Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
…was his very first appearance). Sure there is a good love story, even if a little overwrought. Of course the magic system is strong, and the villains are monsters. But, overall it just doesn't… [more]
Book Review-A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
…It’s nominally cycling and philosophy and discussions of story so you know it’s going to be one I like. The power of story is one of those things that was ingrained to me at a young age by being… [more]
Book Review-Aloha Rodeo-Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West
…Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West by David Wolman and Julian Smith Strap yourself in for a story where cowboys aren’t the agents of American… [more]
Book Review-The Ocean at the End of the Lane
…Neil Gaiman's work. Not because he isn’t a brilliant story teller, because he is. It’s more a content thing for me. Not all of his writing that I have read resonates with me. I can say the same… [more]
Book Review-Road to Valor
…intend to stick around here. Coupled with my love for history, as evident from my college degree, this book was destined to find its way into my reading list. "The Road to Valor" delves into… [more]
Human Communications Are Hard
…Feynman" by Paul J. Steinhardt where he tells the story of when Feynman told him something he was lecturing on was impossible. The unfolding story reveals some of the complexities of human… [more]
2021: Year in Review
…as people think it is. A Promised Land - Barack Obama Good story telling. Not as good as Becoming, but a good read about Barack Obama the man. Decision Points - George W. Bush, Ron McLarty So this… [more]
Antisemitism ends with us
…away, just retreated to the dark parts of our hearts. History has shown where these ideas take us if they are allowed to fester. Now, we come to the hard part. Do we write them off as crazy? Do we… [more]
2020: A year
…Possibly the most terrifying book I read all year. The story of Theranos is insane. Deep Survival - Laurence Gonzales While it is specifically about survival, it has strong application to on-call, and… [more]
Neptune (Gremlin) Local Dev Setup
…was using Neo4j, which has an excellent local development story, a lovely web based UI for visualizing your data and CYPHER, which is a pretty easy to grasp graph language. All great marks in its… [more]
So you Studied History and You're a Conservative... I am Sorry.
…in the habit of publishing here it is! So you studied history, and you’re a conservative. I am sorry. Let’s get some things out of the way right now. You are going to make your… [more]
mourning
…or the Rockefellers were simply greedy. Things in history and life are never that simple. People do horrible things for complex reasons. They also do wonderful things for complex reasons. It is ok for… [more]
The Problem of Over Communication
…other information. The solution here is simple. Tell your story. Be consistent. Don’t overload people with information. If it doesn’t advance the story shelve it. Make communications more… [more]
The shore slipped quietly away. I watched it…
The shore slipped quietly away. I watched it recede, like history, like yesterday. The open ocean called. Tomorrow. The future. [more]
Moving the World
…faces some of the most challenging problems in it's history, and we all need to get to work on solving them. The only way we can ever solve the mighty challenges that stand before us is by working… [more]
Now Serving: Obsolescence
…happening right now. Let’s start with a bit of history. Since the 1960s the USA and the rest of the developing world have been shifting the production of increasingly complex goods to the… [more]
Trust and the Box
…of jsc’s Associate Directors, describe some of the history that happened there to a group of educators from across the country. Sitting at one of the consoles preserved from the Apollo days I… [more]