Great conversation and it reminded be of a similar analogy I’ve had in my head for awhile, great players rarely make great coaches. Similarly the best software engineers rarely make good managers. Above average athletes and engineers usually can bridge that gap in a way the best struggle with.

"They'll keep pushing this as they're replacing workers with AI!" no they're not! That isn't happening. They're laying people off because they sunsetted Section 174 of the tax code that let tech companies immediately deduct 100% of R&D if it "helped improve products."

qz.com/tech-layoffs...

Its been over a decade since I have had a company ask for references or been asked to be a reference.

Many places don’t even give references out of a fear of being sued. They’ll only say you worked there and for how long.

One was a hospital where after insurance paid they owe us a small refund. Apparently you have to catch that and explicitly request it yourself.

😒 thanks American healthcare system

Its makes me wonder what the chances are that my dad had undiagnosed ADHD.

He dropped out of school in 8th grade, but worked his way up to a becoming boat captain. Which took an immense amount of work and study.

I tip for takeout, no issues there.

But asking for a tip when I order through a kiosk? who is getting that?

Also a meal prep store I shop at has suggested tip like a restaurant.

These things make want to avoid the business because it feels like they aren’t paying their employees fairly.

I think the consensus is publication order.

I just finished book 4 and Im enjoying the flow and how it builds the story jumping around chronologically.

Wasn’t the internet and craigslist the bigger financial hit for local papers? The loss of classifieds revenue changed funding dramatically. Then the general drop in readership.

It’s always those other people.

I remember calling out a friend on FB once for posting some BS shaming a woman for what he saw her buying with SNAP at a gas station. But I also knew he was actively abusing unemployment (fraud) at that exact time 😒

Pre-covid this was pretty standard even for fully remote roles. Some part of the interview, or at the very least onboarding, was done IRL.