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Not really, since the dependencies between them are now explicit. Yes the stitching is its own complexity, but divide-and-conquer is a pretty time-honored approach to effective pro…

Plus I think there's a big difference in respect a full-stack team / tech leader garners over someone who doesn't really understand the technical challenges of half the team.

I don't get your math entirely...if a contract is two months long, wouldn't it be 150x40 or 6000? Sure, I had to tighten my belt during month one, but at the end of month 3 I've go…

> , the main issue is just making sure to live in the actual city rather than the suburbs, if you want a city lifestyle. Yeah but then your cost of living shoots up. I mean, I've p…

Good list, but as a contractor in the US, the one thing that sticks out that I don't agree with (necessarily) is: -Getting 450 a day is always better than siting idle waiting for t…

Yeah, when I worked for 5 years as a developer in municipal government, I may have had less total take home pay than some of my peers, but my "hourly rate" was easily comparable. I…

> Everything I've seen seems so "In my experience..." as opposed to a formal proof. The scientific method is ill-equipped to formally prove a generalized theory of software develop…

Some issues are just 10x others, I guess.

> Most people can't begin to program; conversely, most people can begin to run. This is based on what? You really think that most people can't be taught the basics of "Hello World"…

I don't think the article is blaming Google. Just har-har'ing with attitude that Google maybe isn't as smart as its cracked up to be.

They also received a grade of 'F' in their official Animal Review. https://animalreview.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/pandas/

The mindset enshrined in this comment will certainly kill any attempt to be Agile. But while common, thankfully it's not universal.

I don't see how this is true. If you're building slack into your cycle there should be regular investment time available that a pure flow-based system wouldn't have. If there's no …

Yeah, I'm a big proponent of the thoughtfulness you describe. I don't like it when people shroud rudeness & cognitive miserliness as "just calling things like they see them." I pre…

I thought it was obvious on its face that "vigorous debate" isn't the "only" way that bad ideas end up dying. In fact, plenty of bad ideas have come out of vigorous debate.

I dunno. I'm not a big fan of the "be kind" angle on things. Too often that translates to, "Withhold the feedback you have for fear that you'll upset the other person." Or, "Don't …

> Some ideas deserve to die and you only discover that through _vigorous_ debate. Patently false.

What are you asking for, here? Documented cases...but not anecdotal evidence? Aren't documented cases all individually anecdotes? > Can you share some of them? Do you really want t…

> I would find it hard to believe someone goes to a fundraiser to ignore a genuinely great idea/product just because they feel a bit horny. How many times have I heard on these for…

> In theory the companies that discriminate should suffer from a lack of talent or have to pay more for their workers, because they're recruiting from a smaller pool. Part of the p…

Are you seriously comparing the writer to Jessica-freaking-Alba? Could you possibly level the playing field a little less?

> Rules & regulations (often in law) have built up over time to protect against corruption & failure Having worked for NYC and become familiar with their vendor selection processes…

Can someone tell me what realistic security problems this mode of operation introduces that can't be mitigated/avoided with sensible network and backup configurations?

> The difference is that the duties of government are clearly spelled in law, and are financed by everyone So if the government passed a law saying it was ok for them to hack priva…

Yeah, I don't understand. If the government hacked a private corporation and published 50,000 internal documents online, there would be a shitstorm. But some group of rogue hackers…