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This is a *terrific* question that deserves a thread of its own.https://twitter.com/santi1524/status/1390746069643022339 Here at the @DuckbillGroup we're intentional about hiring. We're fully remote, we work largely asynchronously,

And now, a small thread on what to do in your first two weeks of starting a new job. Begin with reasonable boundaries. Otherwise putting in extra time upfront makes

So I want to talk a bit tonight about college degrees.Let me begin with the obvious: I don't have one. Today that's a fun story; my 20s were harder as

My mother is visiting. Ask her mostly anything!“Yes, I admit I gave birth to him and am probably responsible for his sick sense of humor.” "THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS PROUD!" She's spreading her

So a few weeks ago I talked about @awscloud compensation being below market. A lot of folks were saying I was wrong, being unfair, etc. One person figured they’d be

Career Advice From My Own Experience So once upon a time I worked in a shop where the ops folks were divided into two teams.AppOps, which handled the care

Anomaly Detection for @awscloud bills is stupidly hard to get right. I’m optimistic about what they’ve built—now let’s see how it works in the wild!https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/preview-anomaly-detection-and-alert

There is no talent shortage; people with the skills you're asking for don't want to work for you at the price you're paying with the processes you have. Don't believe

So @ycombinator's Demo Day was this week. I'm not going to dunk on all 94; I'm not @pinboard. But a few did stand out to me.https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/25/here-are-the-94-companies-from-y-combinators-summer-2020-demo-day-2/ D

Let’s play “Job Interview.” Ask me the questions you don’t know how to answer when you’re asked, and I’ll step through them. No, not the coding / technical questions; the

Why We Can't Have Nice ThingsA partial list, by Corey Quinn. Nobody's a villain in their own story, but they don't extend that courtesy to others. People who got where

Ancient sysadmin wisdom: don’t use ‘>’ as part of your shell prompt. You’re one copy/paste error away from truncating a file. There’s a reason root’s ‘#’ prompt gets interpreted as