blooberr

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by blooberr 8y ago
I was once asked what my philosophy was by a more senior manager. Didn't give him a good answer. The interaction lead me to think about what I was doing as a manager. Over time I've been working on developing and explaining my own
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by blooberr 9y ago
Is there anything out there close to what you're describing?
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by blooberr 9y ago
Anything specific you want to accomplish for maximum team impact? For example, are there metrics you're trying to hit, or are you trying to ship as many projects on time?
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by blooberr 10y ago
how have you used it?
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Ask HN: What's the one thing a new engineering manager must learn or know?
6 points by blooberr 10y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: Upgrading Rails
3 points by blooberr 10y ago|2 comments
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by blooberr 11y ago
Wish I had taken better care of my eyes.
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by blooberr 11y ago
I have many articles written on software management. They document my journey as a new engineering manager. I also write down what my other friends deal with as managers/tech leads. It's amazing to see what everyone has to think a
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by blooberr 11y ago
If you like wine, I highly recommend going here with a small group: http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-wine-room-palo-alto
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by blooberr 11y ago
I've looked over hundreds of resumes and it's never hurt the candidate for submitting 1 or 2 pages. If it takes the applicant 2 pages to convince me they're worth the time to talk to, then that's fine.
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by blooberr 11y ago
Maybe try https://www.statuspage.io/ ?
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by blooberr 11y ago
Right now, I think it's best you stay and try to turn things around. I don't think I can give you more concrete advice just based on your description so far. I lead a team of engineers too - email me (in my profile) if you want to
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Ask HN: Any examples of APIs in production using JWT?
2 points by blooberr 11y ago|1 comments
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by blooberr 11y ago
How about taking a look at Rust? Might be a good alternative to learning C/C++.
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by blooberr 11y ago
spent way too much time on medievia
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by blooberr 11y ago
I've been using self-hosted Redmine for over 4 years. https://www.digitalocean.com/features/one-click-apps/redmine...
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by blooberr 11y ago
also betrayal at krondor
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by blooberr 11y ago
space empires 3! my favorite indie 4x game
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by blooberr 11y ago
Do you have to physically be in the office? Would it work if you were in the library or a coffee shop 5 minutes away?
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by blooberr 11y ago
Two things that really helped: 1) I signed up for gym classes with a limited (13) number of sessions per month. This forces me to go 13 times a month. If I don't go, I'll be wasting money and psychologically I don't like know
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Ask HN: How many direct reports do you have?
1 points by blooberr 11y ago|0 comments
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by blooberr 11y ago
Akuda San Jose, CA - close to Caltrain | ONSITE We are focused on speed. In a split second, we collect tens of thousands of documents and images and analyze them in real time for business intelligence. With our system, we deliver unique ins
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Ask HN: What numbers do you pay attention to daily?
3 points by blooberr 11y ago|4 comments
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by blooberr 11y ago
What problems have you ran into managing software projects? Seems like what you're doing is good enough. You described your workflow already. I've never managed to get agile/scrum/waterfall working when followed to the l
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by blooberr 11y ago
Always easier to start as an individual. I managed to retrain myself over the years from being a cowboy coder. Since I'm one of the lead developers, I just started practicing what I preached. Every new system I build has unit tests, an
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Ask HN: How do you find a venue for a new meetup in SF?
1 points by blooberr 11y ago|0 comments
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by blooberr 11y ago
Redmine is good enough for me. You can get a droplet on digital ocean all ready to go too.
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by blooberr 11y ago
What were some of the struggles you've had? What have you come up with so far for others? I made the transition a few years ago to management. What worked best for me was simply listening to everyone. I try minimize any objections or c
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by blooberr 11y ago
What's your site? You can send me a link to it (email in profile)
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by blooberr 11y ago
Fluentd + Elasticsearch. Very easy to setup.

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