Developers: Stop Job Hunting like it's 2015thoughtfuleng.substack.com8 points·by rbrown·há 11 meses·3 comments
Boeing's New CEO Calls for 'Culture Change' as Strike Vote Loomsnytimes.com3 points·by rbrown·há 2 anos·3 comments
rbrown·há 7 meses·discussWhat a great article. I miss when Hacker News was for the interested and curious!
rbrown·há 10 meses·discussMeet founding engineers from startups backed by a16z, YC, Sequoia, and more. Learn what they're building and how they're building.
rbrown·há 11 meses·discussThere's a lot of AI job slop that's flooding the market for genuine applications.
rbrown·ano passado·discussNo. I think coupling OpenAI's fortunes and the prospects of LLM-native applications is a step too far
rbrown·há 2 anos·discussYeah I worry about how we build the bench because it’s only a few short years before it’s all staff level folks and no one junior
rbrown·há 2 anos·discussThey won't. It's the same data collection play as every other Google projectJust for clarity on this comment and a separate one, Niantic is a Google spin out company and appears to still be majority shareholder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niantic,_Inc.#As_an_independen...
rbrown·há 2 anos·discussGenuinely impressed Google had the vision and resources to commit to a 10 year data collection project
rbrown·há 2 anos·discussDef: a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation)Favorites include- Alexander Graham Bell, developer of the telephone- Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain, neurologist- Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America (Bowser is a character from a flagship Nintendo franchise, Super MarioJust found it interesting
rbrown·há 2 anos·discuss"As Kelly Ortberg presented his strategic vision, more than 33,000 striking employees of the aerospace manufacturer were expected to vote on a new contract."
rbrown·há 2 anos·discussThis became a much more engaged conversation than I expected! I interpreted the writer as saying that1. Communicating your value to other departments is a skill that you can learn2. Learning how to do this lets you own the narrative within an organization3. Owning your department's narrative is how "normal" work relationships work4. That engineering hasn't needed to do this before is an anomaly5. Now's a good time to learn
rbrown·há 2 anos·discussWhy was this flagged? Just thought it was an interesting post and seems like it sparked a lively conversation