Tony Tam
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2021 What should be in your toolbox as an engineer
If you want to be an effective engineer in our industry, get ready be good at the following Basics 0 – This is the basic toolbox as an engineer Be proficient in your favorite IDE (Visual Studio Code seems to be the most popular right now) – my
Seth Godin: Finding Your Passion – Love What You Do
” Do what you love” is for amateurs. “Love what you do” is the mantra for professionals.
When is it okay to quit?
Angela Duckworth : When you quit on a good day. As said on Guy Kawasaki’s podcast. Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People: Angela Duckworth MacArthur “genius” grant winner, researcher, and author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. https
Working in distributed teams
We are learning to work differently No daily stand-ups, just unblocking meetings – so that people with different schedules can be flexible Do short demo videos (< 3 mins) instead of meeting face to share and do them frequently – high fidel
Things that make me happy: Dried Persimmons
Nuri Farmer in Korean makes these beautiful dried persimmons, http://nurifarmer.com/ But you might be able to get them here https://japanesetaste.com/products/hoshigaki-ichidagaki-japanese-dried-persimmons-premium-high-quality-kaki
podcast: Fifth & Mission: Is San Francisco Really Over? (Again?)
5th and Mission Podcast defends our great city by the bay. https://chtbl.com/track/5A8B9F/traffic.megaphone.fm/SFO3142218045.mp3 [00:00:00]
Link: It’s Time For Unions In Tech
For far too long, contractors, people of color, H1B visa holders are treated as second class workers with no way to speak out as a collective.
2021 Goal – Getting to top 6 contributors to AntennaPod app
I’ve had 39 submissions to my favorite Podcast App – AntennaPod in 2020. Which makes me #7 on the contributor list. That was a good learning journey for me. For the next leveling up to be #6, 140 of my submissions would have to be accepted. Th
111 Podcasts I listen to Sept 2020
AntennaPod Subscriptions 16 Minutes News by a16z Website • Feed A Place of Care Website • Feed a16z Podcast Website • Feed ACM ByteCast Website • Feed After Hours Website • Feed Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin Website • Feed All-In with Chamath, Jason,