Latest “Tied to Machines” Episode: #15 Programming Languages, Growth What the Hell is Going On? — David Perell What the Hell is Going On? Let's play a game. I'm going to describe your least favorite politician: Everything they say goes viral. The…www.perell.com Okay, one more thought experiment. I’m going to describe an industry. Then, you’re going to guess which one I’m talking about. You have three choices: commerce, education, or politics.

If possible, you should find a way to watch the recent documentary “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” on HBO. It is a fantastic look inside the rise and fall of a Valley darling company (unicorn, even) and CEO. …

Latest “Tied to Machines” Episode: #14 Diversity, Respect, Simple is hard. also, love this: Like a good wine | CommitStrip Interesting Reads with Commentary Where Warren’s Wrong — Stratechery by Ben Thompson Where Warren's Wrong Senator Elizabeth Warren deserves credit: I have been writing about antitrust, particularly in the context of…stratechery.com Senator Elizabeth Warren deserves credit: I have been writing about antitrust , particularly in the context of Aggregation Theory , for years, but the most concrete proposal I have put…

Latest “Tied to Machines” Episode: #13 We are all smart challenged at times Camille Fournier on Scaling, Structure, and Growing as an Engineering Manager Camille Fournier on Scaling, Structure, and Growing as an Engineering Manager GitPrime elevates engineering leadership with objective data. In this interview series, Engineering Leaders talk about…blog.gitprime.com Today it’s understood that all startups go through a metamorphosis as they become larger companies. …

Interesting Reads with Commentary Your Speech, Their Rules: Meet the People Who Guard the Internet Your Speech, Their Rules: Meet the People Who Guard the Internet Tech platform trust and safety employees are charged with policing the impossible. They open up to Medium’s head of…onezero.medium.com As Medium’s head of legal, I’ve led our team for almost four years. In that time, I’ve talked to and learned from people who do some version of this job across a range of tech companies. They scan message boards to figure out whether a new meme is covert racism…

Shorter this week as the job hunt is in full force. Latest “Tied to Machines” Episode: #12 Learn fast and often with compassion The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America In a damning new report, Casey Newton gives an unprecedented look at the day-to-day lives of Facebook moderators in…www.theverge.com and https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-25/facebook-grappling-with-employee-anger-over-moderator-conditions

My Latest “Tied To Machines” Podcast Episode: — #11 - Cognition, Evolution, Anti-Fragile Businesses Also, I currently looking for an engineering leadership role if you are, or know of someone, interested in hiring somebody like myself. Interesting Reads with Commentary Small Teams of Scientists Have Fresher Ideas — The Atlantic Small Teams of Scientists Have Fresher Ideas So why are small teams more disruptive? It's possible that they do more theoretical work, while big teams (such as…www.theatlantic.com

Your fun link of the week: https://www.marvel.com/captainmarvel. A retro blast for those of us that spent time on the web in the 90s. Notes I recently left my company, Real Kinetic and thus I am a free agent. If you’re looking to hire please reach out. I’m looking for the right…

Happy day after the Super Bowl! The game and outcome was blech! I have a podcast: Tied to Machines, that I’m doing with a good friend Ross. The latest episode is available where you normally find podcasts. Interesting Reads with Commentary research!rsc: Our Software Dependency Problem research!rsc: Our Software Dependency Problem Taking on externally-written dependencies is an old practice: most programmers have at one point in their careers had…research.swtch.com