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Re:Best Sales Books/Resources?
on Friday May 10, 2019 @10:00PM (#19884034)
Personally, I think Sandler beats 'em all: https://v.gd/gNyKJR
Ask HN: Calling all cynics what's your most usefully pessimistic heuristic?
was taking a stroll through paul graham's website and on his quotes page I read this:"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." - J. K. Galbraith, Letter to Kennedy, 1962So, I wanted to ask all you out there: what's the most depressing quote(s) about society and the nature of mankind (as nebulous or granular a connotation of...
Re:Ask HN: What are the must read articles/blogs on corporate culture?
on Sunday August 12, 2018 @07:33AM (#17743921)
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone unironically refer to themselves as rockstars/n...
on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:57PM (#17570195)
so, i started at a new company last year, and a second person in the same role (customer success) started the same day. when we were doing icebreakers (we were 2 out of a big group starting that day) my team counterpart explained that leading up to current company he's been a 'startup ninja,' building teams and establishing processes. I thought to myself: "that's strikes 1 and 2 right there"
I could be wrong (or just self-centered) but I feel like the 'ninja' self-designation is more common in sales and marketing roles because we're all making stuff up as we go anyway; I feel like you'd have to be an exceptionally formidable technologist to use the ninja moniker without quockly having to shows examples of work that prove it.
Re:Ask HN: Codecademy for blockchain dev?
on Thursday June 28, 2018 @07:40AM (#17416007)
Blockgeeks isn't free, but they do offer free week and you can get through a lot of the material in that time
Re:Ask HN: How long have you been on HN?
on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @02:42AM (#17353109)
just signed up last week! I have heard plenty about HN previously but my experience has been 3rd-degree connection at best. So far I am loving the quality of content being shared. Regarding the discussions, I don't know that they've changed my mind quite yet (only been a week, though) but each i learn something new and do take some time to critically explore a topic or idea, so in my book what this community offers is laudable.
The Human Use of Human Beings: Communication, Control, Morality of Our Machines
Re:Ask HN: What is your comfort book?
on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:12AM (#17336801)
Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens