Matthias Laug

CTO @TierMobility, Thoughtworks Alumni, previously CTO at @takeaway and @lieferando - pursuing the life as a coder

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Conway‘s law is around since 1967. So why isn’t org structure design still not a thing in computer science? The way we organise people (specifically in large orgs) has so much impact on our software.

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Automatically silencing calls that are not in my contacts is what I needed most for my phone to be less distracting. It also incentivized the habit to proactively put in numbers that I want to be able to reach me.

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#LinkedIn became completely useless for me. 100 of contact requests a day that are cold calls for products and services I am not even remotely interested in. Overstated posts of business success and a lot of clear bullshit. Just closed my account … another app of my screen time

[Maya Angelique👑 @moneyymaya]

❤️

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That being said … I did those things to many times. In my first year and my latest year. It was always to easy :)

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This is all fun and well handled, kudos for that. Yet linking juniority to such a mistake puzzles me. Here is another take: your integration system allowed sending out real mails and had access to real data. Maybe fix the system, don’t blame juniority

[HBO Max Help @hbomaxhelp]

We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening. We apologize for the inconvenience, and as the jokes pile in, yes, it was the intern. No, really. And we’re helping them through it. ❤️

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@finnlorbeer @janboehm Ich verwende jetzt seit fast 16 Jahren „Kanzlerin“. Denke das sollten wir unabhängig vom Ausgang der Wahl fortsetzen. Die anderen sind damit natürlich auch gemeint

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@gigasquid It is my way to assess seniority within days when it comes to execution :) knowing what not to do also creates the impression of speed associated with seniors. They just do less most of the times

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@ockenrock Of course their decision and nothing is illegal about the setup. But it you want to value diversity you have to also provide the environment to discuss different opinions no matter if the discussons can be concluded or not

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@ockenrock From my perspective it is something I wished to see happen when Coinbase did the same last year. Kind of upset around the „purpose focused company“ bullshit. As if you can’t do both

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@ockenrock Their founders are quite known in the tech field and hold strong opinions. It’s more about them but their company

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@realkniels @anothercohen Imagine being a gay couple which is without saying a political statement for still too many people and you can’t discuss this at work where you supposed to feel save. The only people that don’t need to talk politics are white straight men. This is the group you retain

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Question is, who hasn’t. Seeing a company implode in real time. Kudos to all having the courage for this step, it is never easy.

[armand type beat @2irl4u]

i've resigned from @basecamp

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This 8yr old understood the bias of AI better than most data scientist building models in this field

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#basecamp a company I admired in their way of working - until now. And after I read this blog post from @dhh I stumbled across the section of the severance package. Isn‘t this just a lay off strategy hidden under the facade of being thought leaders? https://t.co/bQq3pczvGh

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@ejmudi Senior on the frontend. Good API design can be consumer driven and will influence a good backend design which helps a junior to design a good backend.

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Yeah, I am. Pandemic out there …

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@kvlly Why is this even a business model …

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@tastapod @IrisClasson I love to say “money making code” because it might not be the most fanciest code but it is the one running the business :)

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@evansims @auth0 I guess rotating underwear is the equivalent to just adding another 1 at the end. But actually it is still the same, just inside out :)