This is the dichotomy: care about your people enough to do everything you can to develop them.
But don’t care so much that you excuse poor performance, lower the standards, and put the team and mission at risk.
You're failing because you're trying to solve everything at once.
Prioritize and Execute is the difference between leaders who win and leaders who drown in their own task list.
Tackle the highest priority first.
Execute on one problem at a time.
If you are a software engineer "experiencing some degree of mental health crisis", now hear this, because I've been coding for 50 years since the days of punched cards and I have a salutary kick in your ass to deliver.
Get over yourself. Every previous "programming is obsolete" panic has been a bust, and this one's going to be too.
The fundamental problem of mismatch between the intentions in human minds and the specifications that a computer can interpret hasn't gone away just because now you can do a lot of your programming in natural language to an LLM.
Systems are still complicated. This shit is still difficult. The need for people who specialize in bridging that gap isn't going to go away.
As usual, the answer is: upskill yourself and adapt. If a crusty old fart like me can do it, you can too.
Dear friends, when you pick up your little ones from kindergarten today hold them tight and kiss and take a moment to be grateful that your neighbor isn’t Russia, and your children don’t have to live through what Ukrainian kids do.
Just say thank you for the fact that somewhere out there, Ukrainians are holding the line so your children can live in peace.
“Virtually everybody is worse off than somebody else, if only in one dimension, so there are nearly unlimited opportunities to pander to people's sense of injustice, victimhood and entitlement.”
— Thomas Sowell
Launching the 1000th browser tab: A silent act of bravery that every developer commits, knowing full well that their computer might not live to tell the tale.
It's never too late to begin, to be someone new, to stop the bad habits, to start new ones. Yesterday is over and tomorrow isn't guaranteed. Today matters. Make the most of it. — Cameron Hanes, Undeniable
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@DoorDash over 90 minutes waiting for the order… and the support chatbot doesn’t even offer a cancellation and return? I think Fair Trade needs to get involved…
Feliz miércoles muchachos.
Acá les dejo el CARPETAZO DE LA SEMANA con veto incluido, abrazo.
Queremos aprovechar para solidarizarnos con @FranFijap por el intento de linchamiento que sufrió afuera del congreso.
Buenas noches, los quiero mucho😼