I am taking my first steps as a manager and gathering resources about what makes team successful and combining it with my own experience and thoughts.I recall a blog post I found via HN that had some properties laid out such as vision, competence, resources, and what happens when any one of these is missing. I've searched far and wide and the closest thing is Hackman's 6 Conditions for Team...
Has anyone here come up with rules of thumbs or found some good writing for how to use LLMs to balance learning with getting things done?One possible heuristic is: input task into LLM, let it do the work, and make sure you understand everything it spits back out. One potential drawback is there is some value in having to figure out things yourself. When learning a language like French, you...
Self-explanatory. There has to be a solution to this problem or a reason why it hasn't been solved.Political mailings, marketing advertisements, etc.I know there are some projects like SOLID that are meant to somewhat address this, interested if they went anywhere.
Is this true? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroic_theory_of_invention_and...
Another example is the Finnish education system aiming to raise the floor instead of increasing the ceiling.
I can think of counterexamples in Hungarian mathematicians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)
A lot of them knew each other growing up, but you could argue they would've succeeded anywhere.
If this question were more carefully explored I think it'd do a lot for the author's argument as a whole.
Strange question, but I attended a workshop where the facilitator asked the participants to think about "What's the best place you ever worked and why?". It struck me as something I've only implicitly pondered, and never explicitly. I was wondering if people had other questions that helped them reflect on their careers."What do you think makes a good programmer?" "Who is the strongest engineer...
I've found watching someone else code is immensely helpful and I was looking for more content like this. I saw some recommended in a different thread, so I thought I'd ask the broader audience.Most of the content I see is aimed towards beginners so I was looking for context for experienced developers.
I've been looking to take some longer time off in between my current and next role, on the order of 6 months to a year.Any advice from those who have done it? Did you get bored? Was it worth it? Was it more expensive? Things you found helpful when preparing?
It's true that it varies by employer.
Here are average numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm
What's the best way to determine if this is a fit for me?
Hi y'all,A friend of mine with a non-technical background is looking to learn R and apply it to her daily work. She has a background in statistics and clinical research but is non-technical. I was wondering if anyone on this forum has gone through any courses and their experiences with those. The reason I ask is money is a little tight for her so she is trying to do some research before she...
Hi HN,I am wondering what others look for in their managers, and what kinds of questions you would ask the managers on prospective teams? How would you describe your relationship with your manager?I ask because I realized in the last few months at my current role (and most of my time at this company), my relationship with my manager was non-existent. I've had 3 managers in the past 3.5 years...