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VP of Engineering. Talks about #leadership, #engineering, #strategy, #culture and productive people-first teams. Made still-hiring.community
Professional AthleteHighland Park, Los Angelesculture-of-eng.dustindiaz.comJoined March 2007
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I’m now part of 4 Slack Ex-co Alumni groups. All FREE instances. Clearly Slack sees this and knows they’re losing money this way. The 30-day freemium SaaS model is losing steam. Should we expect to see “pay or get shutdown” soon?
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That waterfall drop shadow. The 2 bit cursor fades. This is the future of design.
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So instead it can take months-long efforts to collect and gather data in proving how a team can be more efficient - yet still not switch because of being blocked by a single decision maker
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I no longer have a hidden agenda wrt getting teams off Jira, and moving them to
@linear
. However, me stating “because I don’t like it, and I like the other” is not good enough, even when the majority of teammates agree.
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The crux of Twitter that always feels defeating is that joke threads will always get more engagement than thoughtful written professional content pieces 😖
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Alex Cornell
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I’m working on the
@linear
mobile app and we’re hiring more iOS engineers. If you’d like to work with me on this, apply here: jobs.ashbyhq.com/Linear/0ba80a4 Warning: the product has market-fit and the company is profitable. The team is super small and extremely high-caliber. Join us?
jobs.ashbyhq.com
Senior - Staff Mobile Engineer (iOS)
At Linear, we are on a mission to create a new standard for modern software development. We are building the tools that empower the next generation of high-impact companies to do their best work....
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Pass on all companies that use Workday — likely a good indicator of how the company functions.
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It also asked how to make a comment, again, can be done with /* */ or a key/value comment. Another one wanted to me to assemble a super hero team, making an array of marvel heroes. Each answer of which had the same array nested in objects. Answer could have been any.
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It oddly asked questions around comparisons of YAML vs JSON (sorry, I don’t know all the rules of yaml, but I thought I was taking a json test). It also asked what a blank value is — which is open to interpretation of “” vs null vs non-existing key
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I just passed the LinkedIn skills test for Agile methodologies having never formally “studied” capital A Agile. More ironically, I failed the JSON test despite having written a book on JavaScript and being an Engineer for 23 years.
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Successful engineering leaders inspire & guide teams to achieve their full potential. Focus on building trust, communication & collaboration and make way maximizing autonomy. Anything in the other direction isn’t leadership.
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How I went from 36 LinkedIn profile views to 51 views in just 3 years 🧵
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I just read the worst way to achieve a goal can sometimes be to pursue it directly — and now my mind is blown 🤯
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If you’re prioritizing all these things, you will have little to no time to code — and that’s ok, it’s what being a manager is about. Senior Managers, got any more?
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5. Create a better hiring strategy / take every interview screen 6. Join the research studies 7. Develop achievable personal objectives for your team 8. Ensure you’re building a trusting / unifying culture 9. Optimize your process. Relentlessly project manage
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Want to be a more effective manager? Step away from the code. Here are 12 other things you can be doing 1. Join the architecture discussions 2. Give and receive coaching 3. Partner with product to prioritize roadmap 4. Develop your technical strategy
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Hadley
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First time founders almost never ask me questions in the initial pitch to assess if I'm a good fit for them (prob < 20%) Repeat founders almost always ask me questions in the initial pitch to assess if I'm a good fit for them (prob > 80%) Look for mutual fit. Ask questions
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Imagine trying to pitch your business, and then trying to dunk on everyone in your replies
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John Fio
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A tailored suit is more comfortable than a hoody and jeans. How did we ever let Zuckerberg define our entire generations idea of style?
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