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Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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I'll put in a plug for Roy Osherove's "Notes to a Software Team Leader" which discusses some of these issues and how to deal with them. It especially deals with how to handle "overload" and the feeling of falling behind and the decreased productivity that can bring a team.

Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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It's already down (it's the database... why does it always gotta be the database... sigh. Actually, it's probably a blog post so why is it even hitting the database to begin with instead of being served from cache?)

I guess someone didn't prioritize "getting shit done" haha

Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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Another site reporting "Error establishing a database connection". For anyone posting blog entries telling people that they are doing things wrong, it really destroys your credibility when you can't set up a server that continues to function with a moderate amount of traffic.

Mirror:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?output=search&s...

Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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post #4

Another site reporting "Error establishing a database connection". For anyone posting blog entries telling people that they are doing things wrong, it really destroys your credibility when you can't set up a server that continues to function with a moderate amount of traffic. Mirror: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?output=search&s...

This mirror doesn't work. : (

edit: It does now! Strange. Thanks!

Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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Dear God this was my life at a past employer. The biggest issue is that Get Shit Done usually turns to Get Shit Done exactly how I want even though I won't tell you what it is because I'm "Getting Shit Done!". I know better now. If I see that at an interview now, I'll run, not walk, run away. People bitch about how hard it is to find good developers and yet hire talented developers but put them in shitty positions. Then bitch about them not being good enough. It's like buying a sports car and putting shitty watered down gas in it and complaining about how the car doesn't perform like it should.

Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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Dear God this was my life at a past employer. The biggest issue is that Get Shit Done usually turns to Get Shit Done exactly how I want even though I won't tell you what it is because I'm "Getting Shit Done!". I know better now. If I see that at an interview now, I'll run, not walk, run away. People bitch about how hard it is to find good developers and yet hire talented developers but put them in shitty positions. T…

"No, you got the wrong shit done! What's wrong with you?!"

Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

#9

Dear God this was my life at a past employer. The biggest issue is that Get Shit Done usually turns to Get Shit Done exactly how I want even though I won't tell you what it is because I'm "Getting Shit Done!". I know better now. If I see that at an interview now, I'll run, not walk, run away. People bitch about how hard it is to find good developers and yet hire talented developers but put them in shitty positions. T…

"No, you got the wrong shit done! What's wrong with you?!"

"Ready, fire, aim!"

Re: Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture

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post #3

It's already down (it's the database... why does it always gotta be the database... sigh. Actually, it's probably a blog post so why is it even hitting the database to begin with instead of being served from cache?) I guess someone didn't prioritize "getting shit done" haha

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