Absolutely! So this really began with reading through Eliezer Yudkowsky's post series on LessWrong about Fake Beliefs [0]. In summary: start with a thought/opinion/belief (the more recurring or obvious the better;…
In my experience being good friends with people =/= accepting and applying their life advice. I have plenty of people I consider good friends who do almost nothing to further my career goals but are worth so much to me…
- Following your curiosity and passion often leads to amazing things - Sometimes you simply don't have enough information to make a super calculated decision and you have to trust your gut and just go for it -…
> Everyone around you seem to know how you should lead your life, listen to only those whose life is similar to what you aspire, filter out the rest. Well put. I thought about this a bit when collecting advice on next…
I used this back when I was on Windows - an absolute delight to use. As a developer I hope to someday create something as useful and well-designed as this tool!
Reminds me of the conversations between Pan American's Juan Trippe and Boeing's Bill Allen described in Skygods [0] (don't have exact quote but this blog [1] is close enough). > With the head of Boeing as captive…
Not nearly enough. Short story: helped found a startup in the political/finance space. Got burnt out, tired, and depressed building software to help make bigger banks bigger while they seem like they are only benefiting…
For someone who's been harping about how great Spotify is for years, I kinda of feel like an idiot for not realizing this side of it earlier. Of course they're going to monetize emotional data... what else would they…
As someone with a lack of a formal cognitive science background which (I think) would've forced me to read through and trace a lot of this from the beginning - I've often times wondered "where" a certain paper, set of…
I second this site - it's research-based and takes an objective view at several factors including how solvable a problem is, how many people are already working on it, etc. The podcast they host has some great…
That makes sense. Definitely feel like I'm adopting a similar mindset myself.
> I didn't realize how this could work until I looked at my own life and realized I would rather be an IC than a manager. Maybe a dumb question, but what is an IC in this context?
I watched this a few months ago for the first time - it blew my mind. Made it completely clear why you're instructed to put your mask on first before helping others.
The one located at Times Square in NYC is [0] but that's the only one I've seen so far. [0] https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/13918/43rd-bro...
Surprised nobody's mentioned it in this thread yet, but Matthew Walker's Why we Sleep [0] is a great in-depth look at sleep and how complex its interactions with our day-to-day routines/quality of life are. It has a lot…
There is definitely something to this. I've been having a breakfast smoothie/shake every morning for about 4 years now- while the recipe changes a little every once in a while, I absolutely love the predictability of…
That makes sense, thanks!
Reading through the book right now (great book by the way, highly recommend it) - but curious why you cut down personal projects? Were they keeping you up too late or something else?
Seconding this - bodyweight training is exactly how I got started in fitness for a year before eventually signing up for a gym after moving to the city. The /r/bodyweightfitness subreddit…
Fascinating, I hadn't considered a lot of these. I appreciate the reply.
> and in some cases are even purposely trying to lose money. Just to clarify, what exactly do you mean by this? VCs or startups trying to lose money? For what purpose?
This is kind of crazy... I think I saw that same comment when it was posted. Added it to my to-read list and recently decided to get the audiobook and listen through it. About 90% through and I have to admit - it has…
Absolutely! So this really began with reading through Eliezer Yudkowsky's post series on LessWrong about Fake Beliefs [0]. In summary: start with a thought/opinion/belief (the more recurring or obvious the better;…
In my experience being good friends with people =/= accepting and applying their life advice. I have plenty of people I consider good friends who do almost nothing to further my career goals but are worth so much to me…
- Following your curiosity and passion often leads to amazing things - Sometimes you simply don't have enough information to make a super calculated decision and you have to trust your gut and just go for it -…
> Everyone around you seem to know how you should lead your life, listen to only those whose life is similar to what you aspire, filter out the rest. Well put. I thought about this a bit when collecting advice on next…
I used this back when I was on Windows - an absolute delight to use. As a developer I hope to someday create something as useful and well-designed as this tool!
Reminds me of the conversations between Pan American's Juan Trippe and Boeing's Bill Allen described in Skygods [0] (don't have exact quote but this blog [1] is close enough). > With the head of Boeing as captive…
Not nearly enough. Short story: helped found a startup in the political/finance space. Got burnt out, tired, and depressed building software to help make bigger banks bigger while they seem like they are only benefiting…
For someone who's been harping about how great Spotify is for years, I kinda of feel like an idiot for not realizing this side of it earlier. Of course they're going to monetize emotional data... what else would they…
As someone with a lack of a formal cognitive science background which (I think) would've forced me to read through and trace a lot of this from the beginning - I've often times wondered "where" a certain paper, set of…
I second this site - it's research-based and takes an objective view at several factors including how solvable a problem is, how many people are already working on it, etc. The podcast they host has some great…
That makes sense. Definitely feel like I'm adopting a similar mindset myself.
> I didn't realize how this could work until I looked at my own life and realized I would rather be an IC than a manager. Maybe a dumb question, but what is an IC in this context?
I watched this a few months ago for the first time - it blew my mind. Made it completely clear why you're instructed to put your mask on first before helping others.
The one located at Times Square in NYC is [0] but that's the only one I've seen so far. [0] https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/store/13918/43rd-bro...
Surprised nobody's mentioned it in this thread yet, but Matthew Walker's Why we Sleep [0] is a great in-depth look at sleep and how complex its interactions with our day-to-day routines/quality of life are. It has a lot…
There is definitely something to this. I've been having a breakfast smoothie/shake every morning for about 4 years now- while the recipe changes a little every once in a while, I absolutely love the predictability of…
That makes sense, thanks!
Reading through the book right now (great book by the way, highly recommend it) - but curious why you cut down personal projects? Were they keeping you up too late or something else?
Seconding this - bodyweight training is exactly how I got started in fitness for a year before eventually signing up for a gym after moving to the city. The /r/bodyweightfitness subreddit…
Fascinating, I hadn't considered a lot of these. I appreciate the reply.
> and in some cases are even purposely trying to lose money. Just to clarify, what exactly do you mean by this? VCs or startups trying to lose money? For what purpose?
This is kind of crazy... I think I saw that same comment when it was posted. Added it to my to-read list and recently decided to get the audiobook and listen through it. About 90% through and I have to admit - it has…