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by cnorgate 8y ago
Irony is he will probably burn more shorts with this announcement than he did with the initial set of tweets... and the SEC helped him do it this time around!
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by cnorgate 8y ago
Social security will always be around in one form or another. Despite the fact that many Americans detest the idea of a welfare state, we're still collectively bright enough to realize that you can't simply leave no options for th
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by cnorgate 9y ago
Sounds like it's time for a change to the state constitution. Everything is a negotiation: "Because the state’s constitution bans any reduction in worker retirement benefits, the government’s pension costs will continue to rise as
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by cnorgate 9y ago
Where in the Rust belt? I agree, much more affordable. Interested in which city you chose, and what your experience has been...?
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by cnorgate 12y ago
Just because certain people can't describe or understand the value of a given task or job, doesn't mean it has no value. Clearly if person A pays person B to perform a task, then person B must be creating at least as much value a
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by cnorgate 12y ago
At the very least they are the product owner, and if needed can step into a scrum master role depending on resources / constraints.
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by cnorgate 12y ago
Call it whatever job title you want, there inevitably needs to be someone steering the boat. You can get rid of 'PMs' but you can't get rid of the need to set strategy / vision, understand the customer problem, identify
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by cnorgate 13y ago
Just recently got in the market for home furniture. Found it a bit of a mess. Something like this could be useful - effectively like hipmunk, but for furniture. i.e. make the experience of understanding your options and finding what you wan
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by cnorgate 13y ago
This article is confusing cause and effect. Bus routes have been opened to cater to people who choose to live in desirable neighborhoods. It's not the buses that make the neighborhood desirable. If all googlers decided they wanted to l
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by cnorgate 13y ago
I work with The Climate Corp as a product manager - there have been no problems retaining employees. In fact, from my point of view, morale is higher than before the acquisition. We are pretty passionate about our mission of helping farmers
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Ask HN: What do people use instead of Jira?
2 points by cnorgate 13y ago|2 comments
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by cnorgate 13y ago
For what it's worth, I believe they took a sample of close to 600 people - 237 from Harvard, and another 332 who were less 'advantaged' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Study Yes, they were all white m
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by cnorgate 13y ago
hpvic - not sure if you're working this solo, or as a bigger team, but I'm a PM, I love Trello, haven't used Pivotal, and can't stand Jira. I've been considering building out a Jira-killer myself as a side project.
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by cnorgate 13y ago
This 'response' was needed. Thank you! If anyone is interested in getting a refreshing perspective on job and life satisfaction, you might consider reading 'So Good They Can't Ignore You' by Cal Newport - great read
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by cnorgate 13y ago
You can form your own opinions about global warming, rising ocean levels, the acidification of the seas, the destruction of our rain forests or the unsustainable nature of our carbon based economy (see peak oil). I don't have time to r
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by cnorgate 13y ago
The reality is that the best way to control population expansion is by bringing good healthcare to a region. People in the third world have huge families for a number of reasons - a few of them include the reality that: 1) Many children wil
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by cnorgate 13y ago
The problem with this thinking is a failure to realize that we are already taxing the Earth far beyond its carrying capacity. To continue supporting even our current population will force us to devastate our planet to the point that we won&
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by cnorgate 13y ago
It's a prisoner's dilemma. All countries are better off if everyone shares information, but there is a huge incentive to 'cheat' in this agreement. News of an outbreak in a given country will have a substantial, negative
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by cnorgate 13y ago
Totally agree with Zeteo's assessment - only thing I would add is that people shouldn't assume someone else'e job is 'bullshit' simply because they can't directly see or appreciate the value it creates. For exa
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by cnorgate 13y ago
I think the bigger problem lies in how they are taught. They can be extremely 'hard' when taught in an unintuitive, abstract way. There are some people who are drawn to the sort of raw problem sets that typify science and engineer
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"I just crash landed at SFO... I'm OK. Surreal."(cnn.com)
3 points by cnorgate 13y ago|1 comments
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Forget sick days, it's time for 'awesome' days(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
1 points by cnorgate 13y ago|0 comments
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Not all hours are created equal(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
1 points by cnorgate 13y ago|0 comments
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Finding motivation(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
1 points by cnorgate 13y ago|0 comments
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Don't get addicted to poisonous sales(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
1 points by cnorgate 13y ago|0 comments
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Legal risk, to minimize or optimize?(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
3 points by cnorgate 13y ago|0 comments
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How to be indispensable to your team(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
1 points by cnorgate 14y ago|0 comments
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by cnorgate 14y ago
A few thoughts: 1) You need to focus on one or two things - no use in being a jack of all trades and master of none 2) What do you naturally do when you have free time in the evening? For any of the above mentioned activities, do you ever '
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Resist the temptation to settle(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
1 points by cnorgate 14y ago|0 comments
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The secret to networking success(blog.thoughtsonproduct.com)
2 points by cnorgate 14y ago|0 comments

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