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My Year in Review: 2019

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Re: My Year in Review: 2019

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Post by srainier »

leftyted wrote: post #8
seren wrote: post #2

Not really related to tech, but I find it interesting that she went from software engineering to being an editor for the New York Times and writing books. That being said once you've been a whistleblower, even for good reasons, sadly, it is probably harder to find another job in your previous area of expertise...

> That being said once you've been a whistleblower, even for good reasons, sadly, it is probably harder to find another job in your previous area of expertise... She got a job at Stripe after leaving Uber. I expect that she chose to work for the NYT.

"Susan Fowler joined Stripe to found and edit Increment"

https://stripe.com/blog/increment

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Post by tw1010 »

srainier wrote: post #11
leftyted wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That being said once you've been a whistleblower, even for good reasons, sadly, it is probably harder to find another job in your previous area of expertise... She got a job at Stripe after leaving Uber. I expect that she chose to work for the NYT.

"Susan Fowler joined Stripe to found and edit Increment" https://stripe.com/blog/increment

Curious: Do people find value in reading increment? I've tried reading it a few times but have often found it to be too many words for too little deep insight. Would love to be convinced otherwise though.

Re: My Year in Review: 2019

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Post by jarnagin »

tw1010 wrote: post #10
babesh wrote: post #9

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Writing is in many ways programming other people. It also has structure, function, and interaction. Not so different.

The "coding is the same as writing" meme really should stop being subscribed to. It's soo different.

It’s true. When you’re writing, nothing will tell you when your thoughts don’t compile. You just have to deploy and deal with exceptions bubbling up to your end users.

Re: My Year in Review: 2019

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Post by babesh »

jarnagin wrote: post #13
tw1010 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "coding is the same as writing" meme really should stop being subscribed to. It's soo different.

It’s true. When you’re writing, nothing will tell you when your thoughts don’t compile. You just have to deploy and deal with exceptions bubbling up to your end users.

You read your writing to yourself and other people. That is how Mark Twain did it.

"Twain frequently read drafts of his work aloud to his family, judging its effectiveness by their ..."

Re: My Year in Review: 2019

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Post by babesh »

tw1010 wrote: post #10
babesh wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Writing is in many ways programming other people. It also has structure, function, and interaction. Not so different.

The "coding is the same as writing" meme really should stop being subscribed to. It's soo different.

How about providing evidence and reasoning instead of spouting off?

Re: My Year in Review: 2019

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Post by dominotw »

minouye wrote: post #17

As an aside, what a great 2019 reading list! https://www.susanjfowler.com/reading-list

Wow. Thats more than book/week. Is it really possible to absorb that amount of information. Won't you simply forget what you read in a very short time after, like almost immediately.

Re: My Year in Review: 2019

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Post by SolaceQuantum »

jarnagin wrote: post #13
tw1010 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "coding is the same as writing" meme really should stop being subscribed to. It's soo different.

It’s true. When you’re writing, nothing will tell you when your thoughts don’t compile. You just have to deploy and deal with exceptions bubbling up to your end users.

"When you’re writing, nothing will tell you when your thoughts don’t compile."

There are actually programs, like IDEs, that will catch syntax errors and stylistic errors in writing. Executing the writing program is as simple as having the story read to you via a text-to-speech or human labor. That an end user doesn't appreciate the writing is no different than when a user of a UI finds it unintuitive.

Re: My Year in Review: 2019

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Post by LameRubberDucky »

dominotw wrote: post #18
minouye wrote: post #17

As an aside, what a great 2019 reading list! https://www.susanjfowler.com/reading-list

Wow. Thats more than book/week. Is it really possible to absorb that amount of information. Won't you simply forget what you read in a very short time after, like almost immediately.

A lot of it is fiction, so I would assume it is for enjoyment. No need to remember all of it.
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