Dylan Meeus

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[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

The #gophercon agenda is online 🎉! Join me for some functional programming with Go on November 13, at 10.25AM EST 😄

https://t.co/4D7rb3wGbW

#golang

[Kumsal Obuz @kubarium]

Nerds, tune in next week!

I'll be with Penny de Byl (@penslayer), Dylan Meeus (@DylanMeeus), and Jasmine Greenaway (@paladique) answering your questions.

https://t.co/PnbfGBtQTL

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@LCasponi @PacktPublishing @PacktAuthors Glad you liked it! :)

[Sonia Chauhan @Sonia18112013]

Best Picks for #Golang #books #Gophers #godevelopers

Don't forget to share your thoughts and reviews! Mention me, and let's hear the community's take on these gems.

2/2 #readingcommunity

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

My “author interview” for my book “Functional Programming in Go” is out! https://t.co/ZaODJmgmbn 😁

And the book itself is also ready for pre-order on Amazon 😎https://t.co/NjQ7KOog87

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@Lynx_Eyes @davefarley77 For any management role reading this. The way to avoid that is to provide context on top of "can we talk".

e.g: "Hey, can we talk? I need some input on {xyz}"

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@sarahjeong Back in Belgium, can't recall getting one. In Canada, 3-4 per week? Feels like a lot anyway.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@chrisrickard Writing / communication - you'll be writing a lot of documents throughout your career, especially as you move up and start working more on system design problems rather than writing code.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@shanselman In a job interview, I said "tree" but then spelled it out because I was pretty sure I was saying it wrong. I think it's actually "try" though.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@ZachAMcCoy The manager should be taking that role too imo.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@RoJoHen @JerrySenderson @jthomsonPHIL @coldxman What about the tortoise though? (Jk)

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@rakyll Honestly, as someone with pretty swamped calendar at Amazon, this is often the only way to make sure that I have the time to read your doc and provide meaningful input.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@rakyll I know what you mean by that (care about the project / tech etc). But to nit.. care about people (as a manager) is a prerequisite. If a manager does not care it is a bad thing for that IC imo.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@goodreads “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Radical Candor”. Both great books so far.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@goodreads The Dexter series. Loved the book, loved the series (apart from the finale).

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@Nahirk Which game?

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@copyconstruct I value EMs who at least have coded for some time, just so there is a shared jargon and understanding of what building software is like.

I can’t imagine there would be an IC -> EM who thinks LOC is a good measure for example.

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

Just seen the new Dr Strange movie and I can’t help but wonder.. are there some serious fans of Mortal Kombat involved with this one? 😅 Definitely expected to hear a voice shout “Fatality!” In some fight scenes 😆

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@smdiehl @mxgxw_gamma At least not a recommendation engine to simply sell more books :-)

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@smdiehl @mxgxw_gamma Cambridge Analytica might be close to that though? (Not a recommendation engine, but an algorithm based on social network data anyway)

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@GergelyOrosz Also, on that topic, I hope no one takes these estimates as a drop-dead date. Anyone who has worked in software for a couple of years should have figured out not to do that 😅

[Dylan Meeus @DylanMeeus]

@GergelyOrosz There's also a difference between estimating a task in a sprint, and a project months out for delivery. Further out in the future == lower precision.