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Several teams in Apple don't have an open floor plan. They pair two individuals in an office.

100%, I find it hard to take a marathon approach and keep chipping away. Keeping the immediate goals in mind with an overall path to follow keeps me motivated more!

I view life in 1 year increments. For this year, I aim to become fitter and healthier. On the professional front, I would like to switch to a different team and seek new challenges…

Unfortunately, there's no way to do it currently. How do you like using your homePod ? What are somethings that you like / dislike about it ?

This is a great thread! I am in a similar position currently - I am working as a software engineer in a domain that I like, but I am really into product design, strategy in general…

Congrats, Harj!

Any love ?

Hey there! I am currently working @ big five company as a product owner (we don't have conventional PMs, but have TPM/EPM and Product developers who own a lot of what PMs do in oth…

Courage by Osho.

Software Engineer @ a big tech firm : I like the fact that the work engages me to a reasonable degree. I am okay @ coding and I like it to an extent - it keeps me engaged, which is…

Been trying to ship an Alexa skill over this last couple of weeks - so far, the progress has been few and far. But hoping to get there. It's been a great learning experience just t…

That's interesting - will check it out in 2017. I got rid off a lot as well, but now that the dust has settled down, I am finding it increasingly hard to remember to not accumulate…

Currently Reading : Goldfinch! Best Book I read this year : Deep Work by Cal Newport and One World Education by Sal Khan. Best fiction : Laughter in the Dark by Nabokov. ## Deep Wo…

Curious what the folks of the HN community have in store for the next year in terms of resolutions (if you believe in them), goals, habits! Learn Something New : Complete atleast 1…

Fiction : * Lolita by Vladmir Nabakov ; an absolute master class. * The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling ; one for the memories! Non Fiction : * Letters of Note by Shawn Usher; a …

Looks interesting - does it cover minimalistic ideas for living or is it more on the lines of information consumption ?

20 minutes by public transport each way + 10 minutes walk each way.

Been working in this company for a couple of years - have had growth in terms of responsibility, but that's not been reflected on paper. Recently, I moved internally to a new team …

What motivated your transition from Dev to Product manager? I am looking to make a similar switch, would it be okay to reach out to you for guidance? Advice on the transition would…

Quip. Love using it - simple and effective!

Best, in terms of what? In terms of volume of jobs - definitely and as @lazyant mentioned, there's a great support network that comes with it. If you measure 'best' by quality of j…

Mild digression, but my 2 cents would be to document as much as you can. Some people say, Good code should be self explanatory. Building something on top of existing code, debuggin…

- The #Opportunities is staggering. People are quite comfortable living in places (yes, rent is shit) where there are multiple opportunities so that when one doesn't work out, they…

Can you clarify what aspect of the relationship you intend on tracking ? If it is going to be a "how frequently do I stay in touch with X", I might consider it since it will be nic…

My 2 cents on this(opinion) and how I am struggling to cope with tech usage in my life. I noticed that I spend a disproportionately high volume of time "consuming" than "creating".…