Jake

Dad. Payments Product @ Square. Opinions and outdated pop culture references my own.

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@VerizonSupport need help urgently - started to port my family to Verizon and now we have lost all network service including the former carrier and can’t make outbound calls

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@ttorres Instincts. How often are your hypotheses correct without the support of reliable data? These can (and should) improve over time as PMs gain experience

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@gokulr Love this @gokulr. We did something similar in the run up to launching Square in the EU in 2021. These reviews became a venue to get signoff on key decisions and to escalate timeline risks on a weekly basis to mobilize teams and people that could mitigate them

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@nut_history

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@brockm This follows the pattern of half truths and misleading via context omission that seems to be RFKs hallmark. It’s unfortunate that many smart and otherwise well informed people are amplifying him.

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@yuris I moved to SF during Labor Day weekend in 2007. It was high 70s and a friend who had lived here for a while took me to Baker Beach. It was absolutely perfect in every way, and I’ve been chasing that day ever since.

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@dbkahn Love to see it! @buildanything this is how: https://t.co/G2uLeDBGeQ

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@lauramandaro Listen I get a lot of things wrong. But this was not one of those things https://t.co/9jwsw6YRsG

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@samlogic @Carnage4Life For now. But as mundane operations get neglected for an extended period it leads to things like, for example, vendors suspending services because they haven't been paid. Which can have ugly consequences

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

-Langston Hughes

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@Carnage4Life TBF, there is screwing up due diligence by not asking the right questions, or examining the responses thoroughly enough. But when a company provides patently false information like email lists that are made up… that’s a tough one to spot pre-close

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@samlogic @Carnage4Life For now. But as mundane operations get neglected for an extended period it leads to things like, for example, vendors suspending services because they haven't been paid. Which can have ugly consequences

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@Carnage4Life Related question: how long before the blue check mark no longer serves as an indicator of trustworthiness?

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@i_zzzzzz @pattymo Get ready to see a lot of new accounts get verified! That 294K will be dwarfed soon.

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@shreyas I used to have a boss who coached us that every interview was an opportunity to spread goodwill about our (small) company. Make the person want to work here and feel excited by the mission even if they aren't going to get an offer.

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@DevinBook 16 to go https://t.co/qG0oFBvRfv

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@Chris_Grosse NGL if my wife would allow it (she won't) I'd put this up in my living room right now

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@Chris_Grosse

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@mccabe And the first one was a zero! Total dart throw on the second try

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I’m also annoyed when people post these… but come on, this was unexpected #Wordle 259 2/6

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@lennysan Gmail! The OG of waitlists