Software often solves business problems despite being soul-crushingly boring and of minimal technical complexity (View Highlight)
He’s now an angel investor (a polite synonym for “rich”). (View Highlight)
A good engineer has a track record of — repeat after me — increasing revenue or decreasing costs (View Highlight)
Co-workers and bosses are not usually your friends (View Highlight)
Note: Partly agree, but this is way more rational than reality is
The dominant quality which gets you jobs is the ability to give people the perception that you will create value. This is not necessarily coextensive with ability to create value. (View Highlight)
Conversely, people routinely assume that I am among the best programmers they know entirely because a) there exists observable evidence that I can program and b) I write and speak really, really well. (View Highlight)
People are people. Social grooming is a really important skill. People will often back suggestions by friends because they are friends, even when other suggestions might actually be better (View Highlight)
People routinely favor people who they think are like them over people they think are not like them (View Highlight)
At the end of the day, your life happiness will not be dominated by your career. Either talk to older people or trust the social scientists who have: family, faith, hobbies, etc etc generally swamp career achievements and money in terms of things which actually produce happiness. (View Highlight)
Software often solves business problems despite being soul-crushingly boring and of minimal technical complexity (View Highlight)
He’s now an angel investor (a polite synonym for “rich”). (View Highlight)
A good engineer has a track record of — repeat after me — increasing revenue or decreasing costs (View Highlight)
Co-workers and bosses are not usually your friends (View Highlight)
Note: Partly agree, but this is way more rational than reality is
The dominant quality which gets you jobs is the ability to give people the perception that you will create value. This is not necessarily coextensive with ability to create value. (View Highlight)
Conversely, people routinely assume that I am among the best programmers they know entirely because a) there exists observable evidence that I can program and b) I write and speak really, really well. (View Highlight)
People are people. Social grooming is a really important skill. People will often back suggestions by friends because they are friends, even when other suggestions might actually be better (View Highlight)
People routinely favor people who they think are like them over people they think are not like them (View Highlight)
At the end of the day, your life happiness will not be dominated by your career. Either talk to older people or trust the social scientists who have: family, faith, hobbies, etc etc generally swamp career achievements and money in terms of things which actually produce happiness. (View Highlight)
