All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people (2019)

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Post by techplex » Sun, May 30, 2021, 2:12 AM UTC

All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people (2019)
bellmar.medium.com

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Post by bushbaba » Sun, May 30, 2021, 4:13 AM UTC

“Before you can make things better, you have to stop making them worse”

Incredibly great advice. Especially when trying to resolve an already broken situation.

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Post by snihalani » Sun, May 30, 2021, 4:40 AM UTC

"because they have innate understanding that being observed working is more valuable than the results of their work."

so true

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Post by kuharich » Sun, May 30, 2021, 4:47 AM UTC

Past comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610839

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Post by zhte415 » Sun, May 30, 2021, 4:51 AM UTC

Not posting on Medium might be missing from the list, but consistent with all the points made.

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Post by dilawar » Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:00 AM UTC

Wassup with paywalls on medium these days? Lately, most articles are behind paywall for me. I though blogs were for free exchange of information!

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Post by steve_adams_86 » Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:12 AM UTC

dilawar wrote: post #6

Wassup with paywalls on medium these days? Lately, most articles are behind paywall for me. I though blogs were for free exchange of information!

Medium is not really a web log in the traditional sense; it’s more like a gated content farm.

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Post by speedgoose » Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:14 AM UTC

dilawar wrote: post #6

Wassup with paywalls on medium these days? Lately, most articles are behind paywall for me. I though blogs were for free exchange of information!

You can clear your cookies or open the links in private mode, but yes it's annoying.

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Post by sum1datduznot » Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:21 AM UTC

dilawar wrote: post #6

Wassup with paywalls on medium these days? Lately, most articles are behind paywall for me. I though blogs were for free exchange of information!

in chrome: ctrl + shift + i, ctrl + shift + p, type "clear site", enter, f5.

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Post by allurbase » Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:39 AM UTC

Another grandiose self important reflective “memoir” preaching All Of The Mistakes I Learned From ™

Pretty much falls in line neatly with the All Of My Hard Work linkedin posts