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Woke up to the terrible news of @Atheist_Krishna's passing. He was a kind and nice man. Om Shanti.
Being ‘too busy’ is just a polite way of saying your life is out of control
When you need to optimize something, you should be able to go DOWN a layer of abstraction You should not be asked to go UP by introducing a new layer on top
My thoughts exactly. THE main reason top engineers are not pushing themselves too hard at big tech companies is that they are in most cases disincentivized from doing their best possible work. Not necessarily in absolute terms, but certainly in relative terms. Hopefully these…
Compensation curves for IC engineers at *big companies* has always been incorrect in my view. What Zuck is doing right now is taking steps to align compensation with value. I've always admired sales teams because no one would bat an eye if a few of the star salespeople on a team…