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This to me is the correct answer. A lot of times in war it's not about logic or reason, it's about emotion and feeling. Throughout Chinese history, a leader is only "legitimate" or…

do you have examples of companies that are rational and steady?

I'm curious, if you're interviewing at a company, what's the best way to figure out of the lead/team has this balance? What kind of questions could you ask without sounding like yo…

That's a fair point. I have coworkers with kids but I've noticed the lead is a workaholic (with a child) and that reflects on the rest of the team.

Love this. Can you clarify what a state org is? Do you mean like a tech department within your state government?

I'm going to start taking some time off in the beginning of the year but am curious what tech companies have a good work life balance in the peninsula? I understand there will be a…

FWIW, I saw Tim Cook in Pac Heights a few months back just walking around. There were two "guys" in plain clothes in front and behind him on that Saturday morning. I was able to sa…

I don't have a specific answer to this as I'm not a trained historian. However, didn't we see this with the invention of the printing press back 500+ years ago? That also dramatica…

This is fundamentally different. Arthur Anderson was an auditing firm and did accounting. Their selling point was to be the "source of truth" for their client's books. What's that …

I used to work for Twitch and built the Custom Live notifications for streamers. It was a relatively straightforward change where we just changed the payload of what the streamers …

While I don't necessarily disagree, my understanding is that engineering tends to drive more of the product decisions. I question how much power the product team actually has.

Was looking for this comment. In McNamara's reflection, a tenant he called out was to understand the enemy. US didn't understand the Viet Congs motivation for fighting the war (fre…

This is a refresh of the original AirPods. The Pros are the ones with the in ear caps.

Yup let me try that out!

This is super cool. I just got a lifetime membership. Please keep this going!

I am planning on getting married later next year - would we be able to add that in for the future?

Curious - what's your profession? Depending on your skills, you could, ironically given the nature of this article, apply to come to the US and it would be valued.

The article points out that the industries that the European companies are in have slow growth rates. I can't imagine industrial pumps, chewing gum wrapping machines, large curved …

https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/venture-capitalist-p... He was so right about facebook and microsoft back in 2012

I'd be interested in the PM role. Any way we can grab coffee to learn more about it?

Hi Mike!

The SF budget is roughly $11B but about half of that is already allocated to services that benefit the region - SFO international airport, water infrastructure, transportation. Fun…

....that's what the article mentioned too...

That's a loaded question that I can attempt to answer. The list below isn't by priority but it is the through process I go through. 1. Compensation - Would you be comfortable with …