Staff Technical Program Manager @shopify. Formerly program manager at #Google with Ads and Fiber, and Technical Advisor to Google's global #patents team.
@finkd Great vision. We need to avoid concentration of power because it inevitably leads to bad results. Super intelligence should be leveraged to strengthen freedom, democracy, and the rule of law
Exceptional people put a premium on working with other exceptional people.
This requires that you not only hire well, but cut smartly.
It means taking the “no jerks” policy seriously, even for high-performing jerks.
I would bet that a big reason why people leave their companies is their co-workers.
It’s another of the Netflix beliefs: that the most important thing you can do for a star employee is to surround them with other star employees.
@JimFergusonUK@paulg Why is this a bad idea? It would get rid of fake profiles which are only used for nefarious purposes. Freedom of speech is protected by ensuring that people have no fear of expressing themselves even when their identity is known.
We just moved from @BigCommerce to @Shopify Plus today with a brand new website build by @PraellaAgency 🔥
@harleyf I owe you my life.
What a remarkable launch day experience today was.
CVR up 43%
AOV up 17%
Daily Rev Avg 3.2x
Moving to @Shopify was the best decision I’ve ever made.
@levie There are two types of prompt engineering. One is the skill of logically and comprehensively describing a problem. Demand for this will always be high. The second is prompting to maneuver around AI shortcomings. This will disappear just like Google made search skills irrelevant.
@ajassy This is really cool. But I feel like we're trying to make the robots do things the way a human would. I'm sure this can be completely reimagined from a machine-first perspective.
@MikePMoffatt We need to encourage other cities and regions to grow through incentives and tax cuts so Canada's population can grow more evenly and sustainably. We should move away from Toronto having 1/3 of our entire country's population. That would be like the USA having a 100M+ mega city.
Canada legit has the potential to become an economic superpower.
Vast natural resources + strategic geography + very strong education system - and it could boost GDP by 4.4-7.9% by removing internal trade barriers alone (low hanging fruit).
It's time to unlock the full potential of 🇨🇦