Andy McCoy

Proud former @mapboxunion OC member. Not checking Twitter. Find me at @[email protected]

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

@bambipotf Sounds like you’re ready to take on some bikehopper infra work

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

This is an excellent guide to dealing with the layoffs we are seeing around the tech industry.

[Collective Action in Tech @tech_actions]

Last night, friends from the birdapp reached out to us, asking us to publish a layoff guide for their coworkers.

It is written thoughtfully and with great care. If you work at the company, we encourage you to take a look.

https://t.co/tnuHCNPq9U

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

Assuming all 294,000 verified users pay $8/month that’s covers roughly 10% of twitters annual losses. Lots of coverage over something pretty immaterial. What are the real plans to right the ship? I assume fire lots of people since that is all any boss can do on their own.

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

It’s not just IC stuff that may be effected. Almost every manager I know has only known the abundance era. Sadly those who are old enough to know something else are senior execs who all learned management at Microsoft under Balmer.

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

I’ve been thinking ‘software engineering in an age of scarcity’. Something Silicon Valley companies haven’t known in a generation. Companies like Facebook Uber Airbnb etc have only known growth at multi-year time frame. they mostly sailed through the Great Recession unscathed

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

But what’s the era of scarcity equivalent to agile, k8s and react? Most of the alternatives are still products of abundance & ego. What else do we rely on that is only sustainable if your organization plans to double headcount next year?

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

Damn @BrookeJenkinsSF that’s cold!

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

US corporate capitalism is the biggest Make Work program the world has ever seen.

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

@bambipotf 😲

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

@graue I spent a good number of hours over the weekend trying to find a sizable topo map of SF but most of them split into north and south. Have you found any good sources? Otherwise I’m going to make one and find a printer.

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

@tmcw Ironic given that Feynman’s career led him be popularizing the idea that those people are are the primary inhibitors of innovation and are actively destructive forces in the world.

[jaz brisack @jazbrisack]

Starbucks: Wants a no-strike, no-lockout clause in the contract
Also Starbucks: Goes on its own strike 5 minutes into bargaining

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

@emilymhorsman I'm still convinced Martin Fowler, Steve Yegge and/or Dan Luu have written a blog post about this but I wasn't able to find one. You may have better luck than me searching their blogs.

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

@emilymhorsman I hoped someone would have an answer 😿. I did way more searching on this than expected without much success. The best i've found so far is the origin section from wiki. In-short, it's easier to test. https://t.co/LION4S1t0W

[Mapbox Workers Union @MapboxUnion]

Three @MWU organizers who were illegally fired by @Mapbox in retaliation for union organizing have reached a settlement that we collectively agreed was favorable for workers. The NLRB investigated our case and charged Mapbox with violating labor law. https://t.co/NGaefSxneX

[Andy McCoy @andykmccoy]

@graue @deerhoof Damn, I’m sorry to have missed this. Did you have fun?