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9 years ago
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on: Ask HN: What's the best aha moment you've had?
Recently, I realized that instead of putting the pressure to launch a website specifically, I could launch products within the website instead. This got me to start writing, sharing, and getting feedback immediately, and has made me feel much more comfortable that I'm building something people will actually use.
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9 years ago
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on: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
Call me skeptical but I'm looking for the gotcha. Nothing yet, but here's the FAQ
https://www.dysoninstitute.com/faqs/If there's no clause about having to work for Dyson after the program, then it will be a no-brainer for engineering students. I wonder if the normal structures of career centers will still be present/emphasized, since I'm sure Dyson would not be interested in its grads seeking employment at competitors.
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9 years ago
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on: Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work
To add onto this, I remember explaining the idea of our devops team to my non-technical/muggle coworkers at one point. Explaining how "the cloud" and "servers" are really just OPM (other peoples' machines) and that you need entire teams to orchestrate those servers (among other things) opened their eyes to how comparable IT teams are to civil engineers.
I like to think they enjoyed learning about the process and will appreciate it more in the future.
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9 years ago
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on: Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work
To add on to this, this thinking of "fake" vs "real" gratitude falls into the typical Socratic thinking of "I can tell you what isn't XXX but I can't tell you what it is cause I'm not wise yada yada." As human beings we like to think we can tell human beings intentions. However, as miscommunication proves, we often can't, at least accurately. Having individuals go through the motions of generosity, humility, and gratitude is just as good as teaching people those intentions e.g. play the part long enough and you stop playing.
