Every day, just like Johnson, just like Truss, Sunak sends out a minister who should be speaking about things that matter to people, to defend the indefensible conduct of a ministerial colleague. They have presided over a collapse in standards in public life
from me (a mid-career-ish high-ish performer engineer) to you (a director+ / manager of managers) the most important thing I wish you would learn is "your technical opinions no longer matter"
Of all the words written about the catastrophe of the past week, this letter in the FT sums it up best of all. And it’s worse than we might have thought.
Tube on strike, I dawdled to Paddington on Friday. Passing the old wrought iron sign for Pizza Express, I was reminded of an event 30+ years ago, when I got caught up in a drama that resulted in a divorce, two marriages and many changed lives.
It began with a heart attack 🧵
$MSTR posts *MASSIVE* loss of $94.01/share (or $1.06B). @saylor to step down as CEO. Company will split CEO and Executive Chairman role, which Saylor will assume.
Perhaps leveraging in to bitcoin wasn't the best ... strategy. 🤷♂️
Yesterday was my last day of working at Google. Perhaps this comes as surprise to you twitter folks, as I haven't widely announced that I left academia to try something new. Here's what I learned in 9 months as a Data Analyst who (temporarily) left Astronomy for Big Tech. 1/n
Eventually BMW will make the turn signal feature only available via subscription
And no BMW driver will pay for it
They don't even use it when it's free 😂
Things that don’t exist:
• “Zero to one” product manager
• Viral content marketer
• Full stack engineer
• Designer who can prototype
If you find one, don’t fuck it up because they can start their own company. They don’t actually need you.