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What does this mean? The size of a team that 2 pizzas can feed?
If you are able to suss a message from fiction, these books are perfect. A (maybe the) central theme in the series is an examination of the muddied qualities that define good leadership. What does it mean to be a good (effective) leader? What does it mean to be a good (moral) leader? What does it take to be both simultaneously? When we negotiate as leaders, what do the people "below" us gain and lose?
Fiction is such an underrated source of knowledge because people tend to forget that the lessons we learn from fantasy, general fiction, or science fiction are often derived through critical thought and the answers are not laid bare for us. The reward in putting in the effort to uncover the answers though is that the lessons we learn stick with us and are more integrated into our worldview.
Geez seeing comments like this make me wonder if I'll ever be debt free enough to have nearly a year of living expense to fall back on. I've barely got enough in my savings account for 2 months of bills and loan payments.
No thanks. I'll take my 8h * 5 and two entire days off. I agree that expecting 8 hours of productivity a day is silly but I think it's even sillier to expect me to have only one contiguous 24 hour period away from work per week and not experience burnout. Ideally the employer should set product quality standards and let us determine how to apply our weekly productivity in order to meet schedule.
Is this only a problem on the West Coast or applying at FAANG-like companies or something? Neither myself nor anybody I know has ever had such an issue in the South, Midwest, Northeast, or on the East Coast.
One quick addendum: if you're able to let your engineers work the way they way that they work best (i.e., remote, flexible hours, etc.), do it.
Also really like dungeon synth sometimes (Erang, Dargaard, Depressive Silence). If I'm doing something that doesn't require a lot of attention, I might listen to some black metal (Wolves in the Throne Room, Panopticon, Falls of Rauros, maybe Immortal if I'm deeper than my third cup of coffee).
I basically have to give up priorities to focus on others. I've recently given up hobbies like gaming (tabletop and computer) for less time consuming hobbies like the guitar (one lesson a week and about 20 minutes of practice each night). My friends will get attention one weekend and my girlfriend another. Rather than go out for food with my coworkers, I typically read a book during my lunch hour. I have very little energy after work so if I can't bring myself to clean or read I'll dump some more time into guitar practice between aimless web browsing sessions. I have the motivation to work on a project for a few days every few months or so but I just can't ever get anything done. If I had more motivation I could probably make some life changes that would help me better manage my time, but at 30 years old I haven't come close to cracking that code and I've become complacent enough to stop caring.
Giving up on the software industry because you couldn't hack it in SF is like giving up on the NFL because you were a second round draft.
Except that they began the piece by conveying exactly that:
>But it's a far stretch to say that such an accomplishment truly creates reliably long-lasting relationships, regardless of the immense immediate effect.