Readit NewsLostInTheWoods commented on How to Lead in a Room Full of Experts idiallo.com/blog/how-to-l... · Posted by u/jnord
"You are not going to convince anyone with facts." ... Lost me here. What kind of organization doesn't run on facts?
One option would be to just treat everyone. Every commercial pilot could have to complete 20 hours of therapy a year, with strict confidentiality so they can be open without jeopardizing their career. Or two mandatory hours per month with a psychologist, or whatever scheme works best.
We need some kind of screening for these high-stress PTSD inducing roles ... a Voight-Kampff test. Or limit the number of years one can be in these roles.
New Acela trains represent a significant step toward national aspirations for faster and more reliable train service
> I don't enjoy switching contexts. My perfect agenda is composed of a single meaty task I can focus on for days.
So large companies only?
I work for a large company, and I can say that context switching is also a problem here. I guess it comes down to the organization, or maybe the individual team. But yeah, there isn't a week that goes by where a development task isn't interrupted by something.
I"m not sure that the common idea is that younger programmers are more skilled, but rather that they are more in demand. Could be for a variety of reasons, for example:
- cheaper
- less jaded
- easier to "manage"
- more willing to do the boring work that the older devs don't want to do
- more likely to be on call or work extra hours
- less likely to retire next year
>more willing to do the boring work that the older devs don't want to do
No body wants to do the boring work. I think more experienced devs realize that a boring assignment isn't personal, its just business.
LostInTheWoods commented on Impact of programming on primary mathematics learning sciencedirect.com/science... · Posted by u/chaosprint
With scratch, kids can start programming without needing to type fast, or debug errors caused by typos.
That allows them to focus on the logic of their programs.
A 10yo might be fine starting by typing programs in from a manual (what I did) but nowadays people want to introduce programming to 6yo kids.
typing fast has nothing to do with programming
debugging errors has a lot to do with programming
typos are a kind of bug
When I was 10, I started programming in BASIC ... we're talking about simple expressions and statements.
I seem to recall a bunch of stories in ~2008 about how the "Strategic Reserve" wasn't enough to affect market prices etc. Has it got bigger? Has the market got smaller? was the media reporting bullshit for an agenda then, or are they now?
To put this in perspective, US daily oil consumption is 18 million barrels. So a 50 million barrel release from the strategic reserve is less than a 3 day supply.
LostInTheWoods commented on When is the revolution in architecture coming? currentaffairs.org/2021/0... · Posted by u/world2vec
> WAS THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER AT THE BOTTOM ASKED IF HE LIKED THE BUILDING? IF NOT, WHY NOT? SURELY HIS INPUT SHOULD HAVE MATTERED.
A construction worker is strictly implementation. Soliciting design input that isn't relevant to implementation is a recipe for chaos.