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Fired
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
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I quit the tech industry
This Friday, June 12, will be my last day at Yelp. I don’t intend to look for another tech job. Or another job at all. Ever.
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The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers
System administration is in a sad state. It in a mess.
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What I'd tell myself about startups if I could go back 5 years
Blog by Ben Dixon, Co-founder of Sona, about startups, elixir, AI, climbing and photography
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Blowing the Whistle on the UC Berkeley Mathematics Department
Personal website of Dr. Alexander Coward — mathematician, educator, and entrepreneur. Formerly at UC Berkeley, Oxford, UC Davis, and The University of Sydney.
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Organizing complexity is the most important skill in software development
Organization skills are more important than algorithmic wizardry, but harder to teach. So we teach algorithms instead. Managing complexity you learn on a job.
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Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation
There's a meme that's been going around for a while now: you should join a startup because the money is better and the work is more technically interesting. Paul Graham says that the best way to make money is to "start or join a startup", which has been "a reliable way to get rich for hundreds of years", and that you…
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Welcome Peter
Edit: Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator. I’m delighted to announce Peter Thiel is joining YC as one of the (now 10!) part-time partners. In addition to founding PayPal and Palantir and being the first investor in Facebook, Peter has been involved with many of the most important technology companies…
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The Hiring Post
The developer job interview doesn't work: it measures a basket of skills uncorrelated with job performance. Work-sample tests, warm-ups, and how to grade your own hiring process.
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My positive experience as a woman in tech
Women speaking up about the sexism they have experienced in tech is great for raising awareness about the issues. However, when no positive stories get out, the overall picture painted is bleak, which could scare even more women away .
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But Where Do People Work in This Office?
Matt Blodgett on topics occasionally germane to software development.
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A better pull request
Research, expert perspectives, and product announcements from Atlassian on how teams can work smarter with AI. Subscribe for monthly insights on the future of teamwork.
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