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I went ahead and made an SDK https://www.npmjs.com/package/left-pad-io-js-sdk

Lots of interesting events in my area!

I made a similar app that shows you nearby events from your facebook "likes". I'd be interested to see what you guys think of it https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/eventual/id1016305409?mt=8

I think sometimes strict deadlines are sometimes about coordinated efforts, as in the case of a Superbowl ad. If you're the company responsible for producing the ad, then submitting it a week after the game is unacceptable. I feel like where software is concerned, it's most often like you've said.

Good advice. Thanks :)

Can you say which company this is? I feel like I should try to work there

I think this is when a manager is supposed to add resources. I don't accept the idea that it should be normal for everyone to have to work ridiculous hours until the crunch is over.

It's the manager's job to make sure there is slack in production; that there are resources available for emergency situations, and that there is enough redundancy built into the production team that if somebody gets sick or somehow can't work a normal workload, somebody else can pick it up. If a crunch situation is unavoidable, as a manager, I would be deeply apologetic and appreciative of my employees' sacrifice, while frantically searching for a solution to ease the burden. If I can't bring in help, I need to adjust the scope or push back on the deadline. Plain and simple.

If you're not the leader, you're waiting quietly for the leader to take action, but more often than not, the leader is enthralled by the exhilarating debate taking place before them. A non-technical leader takes it as an opportunity to learn, which is a great attitude to have, but the rest of us are dying.

Other times they know they need to get things back on track, but they don't know how to stop the runaway train that is a developer ruminating on something that gets more convoluted with each syllable.

This is my worst nightmare.

I hold founders' motives suspect. Not the relationship (which actually seems to have worked out) that resulted.

Funny thing is, this happened at a YC company.

I'm not implying that the intern lacks merit. She was brilliant. The thing is, this was a company of 5 very busy people working round-the-clock in a startup house while going through YC. We didn't have the bandwidth to offer a proper internship; one where we teach relevant skills at a beginner's pace. I intended for the readers to draw their own conclusions from my note of the founders' gender, orientation and marital status.

How do I contact you? My email address is marshall.ent@gmail.com

I'm not okay with somebody expecting me to be their friend if they hire me. I'm here to make software, not lend emotional support.

That said, we're all still just people, and if we're gonna be friends, we'll be friends. That usually sorts itself out just from sharing circumstances.

I've been "Lead Dev" for 6 years, and had the responsibility of an actual manager without any of the budget/resourcing ability that's necessary to manage well. I've successfully launched lots of products and platforms with teams of 5-7 people, and had a good tenure earlier this year as a CTO with a team of 5. I would have stayed in that position if the founders hadn't closed it down.

These are my own personal experiences, summarized for potency

I've worked for startups as a full-stack dev for about 5 years, and spent the last year trying to land a position in as a technical manager. This specific pursuit has lead to some of the most bullshit encounters I've had with startups. What are some of your bullshit experiences?

Yeah, I was a fan when I'd first read the employee handbook, but then I thought about it and of course, it would just look like high school again. The cool kids set the course and nothing else is taken seriously.

Valve has multiple products, and each project has a team, and each team has a leader. Individual teams have structure and autonomy. The success of their projects is measurable and attributable to the team and its leadership. The startups that try to be flat and fail usually have one product with lots of projects and no real leadership. Everyone and no one is responsible for everything and nothing.

Location: Montreal QC

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: Javascript, Python, Objective-C

Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hukys4ibqm9g0so/Jeff_Marshall%27s_...

Email: marshall.ent[fat]gmail.com

I was certain that it was satire until about 50% of the way through. I scrolled to the bottom and sure enough... Github repo...

I wouldn't call it a bubble because bubbles burst all at once. Tech does have value, and some tech companies are actually creating value and seem to be worth every penny of their valuation. I'm talking about the Übers and AirBnBs. I would call it a Gold Rush; everyone thinks if they show up with their pickaxe, they're gonna strike it rich.

You don't think I'm using "causality" correctly?

Thanks for the feedback! It still has some rough edges, but I'm really glad to see how people respond to it. It's a combination of a few really new concepts on the web (social news, wiki) and the relatively obscure concept of "causality", so figuring out the right UX/UI for it is my priority right now.

> So the idea is basically amassing a bunch of people's subjective opinions about causality?

Yes, that's the idea. There's also a mechanism to strengthen the strongest causal relationships through upvoting and downvoting. This way, hopefully the most reasonable links show up on top, but everyone's opinions can be represented.

How about a crowdsourced social graph of causality?

I made something that can answer users' questions before they even formulate them. If somebody were wondering what caused the Ebola outbreak, they could start here: http://www.causemap.org/ebola-outbreak-2014

I'm working on a social graph of causality, which is meant to solve the problem of having to ask specific questions to find answers. I call it Causemap (http://causemap.org). Here's something I added today about the militarization of police (http://www.causemap.org/1033-program)

It's a collection of real-life situations, like that whole #bendgate fiasco on the internet, Occupy Wall St. or the american-led military campaign against ISIS, linked to the situations that people think caused them.

For example: there are rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been toppled (http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-north-korea-kim-rumo...), and the cause for these rumors is that he hasn't been seen in public in more than a month. A user could go to Causemap to understand what caused the rumors (http://www.causemap.org/situation/160d455f667aa6134efe251746...), add what they know by editing the situation (a la wikipedia) or expand the list of causes and/or effects.

Social experiments? Such as?

Media is used to tell people they are part of a minority all the time.

You and I don't actually know how many people know about this, and how many people care, so talking heads will gladly tell us we're all alone in our outrage and we shouldn't expect anything to happen.

Why do people trust MtGox again? Didn't something similar to this happen a year or-so ago where everyone's money disappeared and the ops were like "Yeah we don't know what happened"? How do we know they aren't fleecing everyone?

I think that would send a comment to moderation on their site, but yeah, submitting comments with GET is silly.