Best of Company Culture — October 2024
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Community Picks·2y
How to Flirt with a Developer: Learn to Debug Your Love Life
Flirting with a developer requires understanding their logical mindset and technical interests. Approach with subtle humor, genuine interest in their work, and respect for their time. Avoid typical grand gestures and instead use clever tech-related compliments and conversation starters. Building a relationship might be like debugging code—patience and thoughtful communication are key.
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Work Chronicles·2y
(comic) Follow up like clockwork
Work Chronicles has announced its 2025 calendar. Readers who purchased it are encouraged to leave reviews on the site where they bought it, as reviews help other shoppers. The calendar can be purchased from multiple Amazon regions and other popular book retailers.
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You Might Not Recover from Burnout. Ever.
The post discusses the severe and often permanent impact of burnout, sharing Hea's experience of being unable to resume her career after being burnt out. It highlights how prolonged overwork and stress can lead to a complete breakdown in mental and physical health. The narrative also emphasizes that burnout is not just a temporary condition but can have lasting effects on one's life and capacity for work, challenging the societal expectations of constant productivity.
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ThePrimeTime·2yRemote Work Is PURE FOOLISHNESS
The author critiques a post from LinkedIn that disparages remote work for software developers, suggesting they lack enthusiasm and contribute little to business culture. The author argues that developers are highly enthusiastic about building things and highlights the awkwardness of virtual social gatherings like Zoom happy hours. They suggest that remote work is actually beneficial for developers and businesses alike, preventing ineffective forced social interactions. The post oscillates between interpreting the LinkedIn comments as satire and taking them seriously, ultimately affirming the positives of remote work for software engineers.
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bigboxSWE·2y
What Your Keyboard Says About You
This post humorously categorizes different types of keyboard users, from ergonomic and Apple Magic Keyboard enthusiasts to gaming and Unix keyboard aficionados. It explores how each type of keyboard can reflect aspects of a programmer's personality and work habits. Additionally, it includes a sponsored segment on Brilliant.org, a learning platform focused on interactive education in math and science.
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Charity·2y
How Hard Should Your Employer Work To Retain You?
Google's extravagant effort to re-hire a single AI researcher highlights the extremes companies go to in retaining talent. In the past, employees often leveraged resignation threats to secure better compensation, distorting company culture. Rather than engaging in brinksmanship, both employees and employers should make career decisions based on personal and organizational alignment. Managers play a crucial role in fostering career growth, ensuring fair compensation, and being honest about opportunities. Healthy turnover is natural and can be beneficial, while efforts to retain employees should be thoughtful and equitable.
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Tech Lead Digest·2y
A Culture of Good Decision-Making
The post explores techniques for enhancing decision-making within organizations, including the ACID model for defining decision roles, the 'disagree and commit' approach, and avoiding outcome bias. It also discusses group dynamics in decision meetings, prioritization using the ICE algorithm, and de-risking decisions with evidence.
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Itamar Gilad·2y
A Culture of Good Decision-Making (Part 2)
Learn specific techniques for better decision-making, including using the ACID model, disagreeing and committing, and avoiding outcome bias. The post emphasizes setting clear decision roles, fostering a healthy decision culture, and leveraging algorithms to enhance decision accuracy. High-performing companies can benefit from these methods to accelerate and improve their decision quality.
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Factorio has Silicon Valley tycoons like Elon Musk under its spell, and one $7 billion CEO is letting employees expense the game
Factorio, a factory management simulation game, has gained popularity among Silicon Valley executives like Elon Musk and Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke. Lütke even allows Shopify employees to expense copies of the game, believing it helps develop valuable skills such as logistics and optimization relevant to their job roles. He suggests that games like Factorio provide practical training that can positively impact real-life work scenarios.