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Dava Newman Named Director of MIT Media Lab
Dava Newman, MIT professor of aeronautics and astronautics, has been named the new director of the MIT Media Lab.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 97 posts.
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The Case of the Extra 40ms
By: John Blair, Netflix Partner Engineering
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Can developer productivity be measured?
Defining and measuring programmer productivity is one of the most difficult parts of an engineering manager or CTO’s job description. When everything you do is intangible, how should you measure it? Can it be measured at all?
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Legally operating a job board in Japan
Operating a job board in Japan can lead to legal issues if not properly licensed. This article explains the legal requirements and guidelines for running a job board without facing penalties.
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An ex-Googler’s guide to dev tools
After leaving Google, many engineers miss the developer tools. Here's one ex-Googler's guide to navigating the dev tools landscape outside of Google, finding the ones that fill the gaps you're feeling, and introducing these to your new team.
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How to Survive a Critique: A Guide to Giving and Receiving Feedback
We are committed to advancing the future of design within our communities, among our members, in small businesses and corporations, in educational institutions, and for individuals. Please use this community resource hub as a guide to some of the most critical needs our community faces today, and will face in the…
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Why I Left IBM to Work on CockroachDB
I’m a database nerd. Or, to be more precise, a DBMS nerd. But back in university, I avoided the Databases course at all costs. A little ironic when you consider I quit my job building IBM Db2 to work on CockroachDB.
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To find great remote employees, prioritize candidates with strong writing skills
Ian Tien shared the hacks that helped Mattermost to build its messaging solution while being a fully remote company since day one.
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Job interest not a big predictor of job satisfaction
Interest More Important for Job Performance and Career Choice
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Signs you might be a micromanager
Warning signs of micromanagement include sweating the small stuff, getting CC'ed on every email, and needing to approve everything.
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Study: Focus will shape the future of distributed work
The shift to working from home has mostly been positive for knowledge workers, but the challenges reveal a $1.2 trillion opportunity.
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SRE Teams: Hash
How culture is enabling a 2 people team to help scale the product org of a disrupting fintech.
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Evolving Reddit’s Workforce
Earlier this year, Reddit had to evolve with the unexpected challenge of going 100% remote. Our employees, or Snoos as we’re known, rose to the occasion, a
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Forcing Functions in Software Development
Here’s an unavoidable fact: the software project you’re working on has some flaws that no one knows about. Not you, your users, nor anyone in your team. These could be anything from fau…
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Hiring for tech jobs has increased more than 100% in these Midwestern cities
The Midwest tech startup scene is growing. Jobs data show tons of Midwest tech companies are hiring, making the region worth looking into for tech workers.
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Startup Hiring 101: A Founder's Guide
A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
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We cancelled standups and let the team build
When is the last time you experimented with process? Here's a fun example
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Diversity-Related Training Meta-analysis
It seems that diversity training programs generally fail at their stated goals, and often produce unfortunate and unintended consequences.
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Red flags I saw while doing technical interviews
I recently did 60+ technical interviews in 30 days. Here are some red flags I observed among the companies I spoke to.
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What the interns have wrought, 2020 edition
It’s been an unusual internship season.