Haha, I didn’t know they did that, and it sounds like a fun read. Does anyone have a link?

Their revenue probably felt very threatened.

Not be confused with La Putain Machine.

Well, if it’s stupid I think I’ll refrain. /s

I don’t disagree with anything you’re saying.

What I wrote was based on my personal experience, managing engineers on product teams and how I approached the role as manager.

We owned the products we developed and maintained and as a team we enjoyed great autonomy, and so we were spared customers/clients asking for the ridiculous, and I can probably count on one hand (ok, maybe two hands) the times we just had to do something because corporate said so.

We always pushed for engineers’ involvement in product and feature development, planning/roadmaps, and they did indeed have great influence over the what and the how. Push back from engineers on products’ suggestions/ideas/plans were frequent, and attention was paid.

This was for a company in Norway, where perhaps top down management isn’t as prevalent as in many other places, and employees are typically encouraged to speak up and get involved. Again, in my experience.

I found that being there to support and assist my engineers, not micro managing them, gave great results in terms of team culture and work satisfaction. I made it clear that I would always have their backs as long as they didn’t intentionally fuck something up.

I fully realize this isn’t the case everywhere, nor even typical.

All said, I really enjoyed being a manager. On some level it triggered a father’s instincts in me, and I took great pride in looking after people and seeing what they were capable of building as a team.

As a former tech manager, I’d argue you’re a pretty shit manager if you tell your people how to solve a problem. Guide, inform, clarify, help remove obstacles etc. etc., but the solution is for the engineers to find.

Lol, now I’m picturing Macron sneaking up into the Notré Dame attic with a matchbox in hand, giggling.

The Norwegian postal service announced they’re halting shipment of all parcels with a value below $800 to the US, starting today, as there’s just too much uncertainty around return processes and responsibility.

Source

I’m starting to wonder if picking idiots to run a country isn’t such a grand idea. /s

I’m sure Trump will see many, many great and fabulous reasons to re-platform him.

Well why, would you look at that, a fellow rapist, and he’s a trafficker too?! Hey, Elon, Suck, promote this man NOW!

Can you imagine what’s going through Zelensky’s and Macron’s minds… “I’m in the white house looking at nazi hats - I didn’t see this one coming when I decided to get into politics…”

That’s when sugar momma enters the kitchen.

Nvidia, fuck you!

Mhm. I’d argue that had he actually been a savvy businessman he never would’ve had a show like that.

Exactly, and the supposed victims were all kidnapped and sent to Guantanamo Bay.

This is why, if you ask a new yorker how they experienced 9/11, their response will more than likely be; “9/11? I think you mean 7/11, and there’s one right over there”

I quit reddit, cold turkey, the day they shut off free API access for 3rd parties. Except for a couple of fairly niche subs I haven’t missed it at all.

It would be nice if some newcomers could drive Nvidia into the ground.

I’d been texting for a couple of years when this came out, and had just logged my first full year working as a web developer. The next 5 years or so felt amazing, hardware and software was improving so quickly on all fronts.