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This to me is the correct answer. A lot of times in war it's not about logic or reason, it's about emotion and feeling. Throughout Chinese history, a leader is only "legitimate" or dare I say, have the Mandate from Heaven, when they have unified the country under one banner. It is a stain on their authority that there is "rouge" state outside the CCP's control. They will do anything to unify their country for national pride.
do you have examples of companies that are rational and steady?
I'm curious, if you're interviewing at a company, what's the best way to figure out of the lead/team has this balance? What kind of questions could you ask without sounding like you're trying to be lazy?
That's a fair point. I have coworkers with kids but I've noticed the lead is a workaholic (with a child) and that reflects on the rest of the team.
Love this. Can you clarify what a state org is? Do you mean like a tech department within your state government?
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smaug7 on Thursday December 05, 2024 @07:52PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I'm going to start taking some time off in the beginning of the year but am curious what tech companies have a good work life balance in the peninsula? I understand there will be a hit on total comp but I have a young kid now and that has totally changed my perspective on how I spend my time.
FWIW, I saw Tim Cook in Pac Heights a few months back just walking around. There were two "guys" in plain clothes in front and behind him on that Saturday morning. I was able to say "hello" and he was nice. I imagine there are probably others monitoring his security that I couldn't see also.
I don't have a specific answer to this as I'm not a trained historian. However, didn't we see this with the invention of the printing press back 500+ years ago? That also dramatically increased knowledge distribution and probably lies and mistruths. How did society handle that?
This is fundamentally different. Arthur Anderson was an auditing firm and did accounting. Their selling point was to be the "source of truth" for their client's books. What's that confidence is lost, then no one would hire them for their work. McKinsey, as a management consultancy, doesn't have to be a "source of truth" and offers perspective, which can be neither right or wrong. Management makes decisions on if they want to take McKinsey's advice or not.
I used to work for Twitch and built the Custom Live notifications for streamers. It was a relatively straightforward change where we just changed the payload of what the streamers wanted the iOS, Android, email notifications to show. There were some behind-the-scenes work where there is actually a language/curse word check and decisions on if we needed to translate the copy to the receivers local language.
The measurable change was a 30-60% increase in the notification CTR and resulted in hundreds of millions of incremental hours watched.
While I don't necessarily disagree, my understanding is that engineering tends to drive more of the product decisions. I question how much power the product team actually has.
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smaug7 on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:57AM
from the economist.com dept.
Was looking for this comment. In McNamara's reflection, a tenant he called out was to understand the enemy. US didn't understand the Viet Congs motivation for fighting the war (freedom from colonizers) whereas the US viewed the war as a larger Cold War. This is the same as what happened in Afghanistan that we didn't learn.
This is a refresh of the original AirPods. The Pros are the ones with the in ear caps.
This is super cool. I just got a lifetime membership. Please keep this going!
I am planning on getting married later next year - would we be able to add that in for the future?
Curious - what's your profession? Depending on your skills, you could, ironically given the nature of this article, apply to come to the US and it would be valued.
The article points out that the industries that the European companies are in have slow growth rates. I can't imagine industrial pumps, chewing gum wrapping machines, large curved glass panels can have the same growth rates (or profit margins) as some of america's top mid sized companies.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-mid-cap-companies/#66cd8f8...
Here's a list to get a gauge of what's out there
I'd be interested in the PM role. Any way we can grab coffee to learn more about it?
The SF budget is roughly $11B but about half of that is already allocated to services that benefit the region - SFO international airport, water infrastructure, transportation. Fun fact, SF city/county doesn't pay for schooling in the city. That's paid for by the state.
https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/CSF_Budget_Book_2017...
....that's what the article mentioned too...
That's a loaded question that I can attempt to answer. The list below isn't by priority but it is the through process I go through.
1. Compensation - Would you be comfortable with that salary and can you do the things you want to do with it (vacation, hobbies, etc.).
2. Interest - Is the work that you will be doing at the company engaging to you? Are you interested in solving those problems? Would I be excited going into the office every day?
3. People - While interviewing, did you enjoy the conversations you had with your potential coworkers? Do you think similarly but do you also challenge each other to be better versions of yourself?
4. Size - Small companies don't have process and you'll have to wear many different hats. Large companies have more defined roles and your focus will be better planned by higher ups who set an overall strategy.
5. Location - The best way I thought of this is the commute. Count the minutes (hours) it takes to get to your new company. Will you be "time poor" but "financially wealthy"? Would you be okay with that?
6. Risk - Smaller companies naturally have more risk. I personally think we tend to over index on the risk (Prospect Theory) and forget about the lessons and professional development you learn at a start up.
7. Regret - This one helped me out the most. I ask myself "Would I regret not working at this company with its people and product X years from now?"
I read this article and downloaded Notion! It's been great to use so far. I use it for personal and work note taking so far.
Posted by
smaug7 on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @05:14PM
from the espn.com dept.
Posted by
smaug7 on Sunday February 02, 2014 @03:52PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I was thinking about this earlier today, do people post something to get the points or they want HN to be an actual news site for learning. The epiphany came when I posted a link for a WSJ about the top 10 American Kennel Club breeds. After about 10 minutes of thinking, I realized I didn't want HN to be a place where this stuff was promoted (the link seemed liked it belong more on...
Posted by
smaug7 on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @07:44PM
from the online.wsj.com dept.