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Re:BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980 – 1989
on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:17PM (#22708907)
I worked on the bbc machine (and its precursors). Was employee 21 at Acorn. Wish I could say I contributed significantly, but not really. I was there though! Wrote some of the Atom OS among many other things. And the “filing system” that wrote files to cassette tape. Now that was a startup (Acorn, I mean).
When a VP Eng joins a startup with technical founder(s) - coparenting the baby
Naming is an act of creation
Management is hard because we have the wrong default model
Why Finishing Software Is Hard. And What to Do About It
Ask HN: What questions do you have as you move from founder to CEO?
If you are moving from founder to CEO - that is, you are starting to scale, starting to build a growing, lasting organization - what questions do you have about moving into that role? what skills do you want to develop? if you have made this transition, what skills do you wish you could have learned quickly and effectively at that time?context: I see some common threads show up in coaching -...
Re:Ask HN: Did you code in the 1980s? Which language(s) did you use? W...
on Thursday February 16, 2017 @06:17PM (#13664521)
6502 assembly - we were building the Acorn BBC machine (!)
BCPL - the "before C" language at Cambridge University
Pascal, SNOBOL - just because
Modula 2 - because it was sooo cool (and we were using a variant of our own with all kinds of neat stuff - like exceptions!)
What questions do you have/skills do you need as you move from founder to CEO?
If you are moving from founder to CEO - that is, you are starting to scale, starting to build a growing, lasting organization - what questions do you have about moving into that role? what skills do you want to develop?if you have made this transition, what skills do you wish you could have learned quickly and effectively at that time?context: I see some common threads show up in coaching - I'm...
Ask HN: What do you want to knowithlearn about Emotional Intelligence?
I'm an ex-engineer, engineering manager, engineering VP (macromedia, back in the day), now coaching engineering people.here's the thing: experience suggests that software gets built easier/better/faster if the Emotional Intelligence of the team is high (yes, controlling for the technical ability of the team). So I'm putting together workshops to teach EQ, specifically for technical and product...
Re:What should first time managers know?
on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @05:45PM (#9337378)
...and $3.60 on thriftbooks. Win to thriftbooks...
Re:What should first time managers know?
on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @05:43PM (#9337371)
the FYI book rents for $60 on amazon and sells for over $100. looks great though. thx.
What should first time managers know?
I'm putting together a course for first-time managers of software development. two questions:1. if you've ever made the transition from primarily coding to managing, what do you wish you had known when you started? what were your biggest questions when you started the job?2. as developers, what are the top two or three things you wish new managers could be taught (be nice, now)?OK, that's...