Also it’s difficult to interview for, since anyone who worked on the team or even attended a conference presentation can tell you what worked *for them.* That does not necessarily predict for setting up a de novo research lab.
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Hiring for Growth Often Selects for Pedigree Over Merit
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Painfully true about hiring for growth, which often ends up just selecting for pedigree at companies which did well. Often they did well because of a small team with key insights, but those will not necessarily be the alumni seen by resume screeners in future. https://t.co/4sDzQ8theD
— Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) 13 mai 2025Painfully true about hiring for growth, which often ends up just selecting for pedigree at companies which did well. Often they did well because of a small team with key insights, but those will not necessarily be the alumni seen by resume screeners in future.
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Book recommendation on complex project management methodology
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This thread sold me a book (sight unseen); thanks. (Had already been a big fan of Death Star project management.)
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Experts Should Create Limited Run Podcasts Discussing Shop Talk
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Also, meta commentary: world would be improved if there were more experts who would self-justify a limited run podcast talking shop with the people they would normally talk shop with.
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Google’s Predictable AI Capabilities Deliver Expected Results
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“Buy Google” always does the thing one expects it to do, and that is great.
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Robinhood Gambles on RNG Technology for Millennials
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Then Robinhood repackaged them as an RNG for a gambling operation aimed at 20 somethings.
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Twitter’s Off-App Link Strategy and User Engagement Trade-offs
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(I think I intellectually understand “We don’t want to send people off-app” by Twitter but the implicit trade I am making in spending so many of my free minutes here is achieving reach for the few times a month I have an off-app link to share.)
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AI Sorting: Winners and Losers Across People and Places
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It’s not obvious the Sort is bad on net, but there are winners and losers, both in terms of people and in terms of places/institutions/areas where you can measure.
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Badass Spreads: Financial Instruments Rebranded for Marketing Appeal
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That really deserves to be some niche financial instrument, rebranded for marketing purposes, like samurai bonds. “Badass spreads collapsed earlier this week as volatility decreased following…”
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Waterloo’s Unique CS Education Model: Industry Integration Excellence
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Waterloo has a monopoly north of the border on smart geeks and a monopoly almost worldwide on “a CS education should include seriously working in industry for as many days as possible.” (My impression from working with many Waterloo grads; any errors are mine.)