Trying to live up to my name. 2 Rs, like Ringo and Karen Software engineering manager at @InsiderInc. All views are my own (she/her)
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Today is my first day back at work from parental leave 🥲
My laptop set the tone for how quickly I can get caught up by refusing to acknowledge the date or allow me to get online this morning, but what other advice do you have for coming back to work?
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just a psa that LinkedIn has this setting on by default, you'll need to go to Settings->Data Privacy-> Data for Generative AI Improvement to flip it off
New from 404 Media: LinkedIn is training AI on users before updating its terms of service. People noticed a new setting on generative AI. I asked LinkedIn, they said they're updating their terms "shortly." They went ahead and trained AI w/o updating 404media.co/linkedin-is-trai…
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I've written a blog that writes this story up, and I've also created my first youtube video (!) to tell the story. I'm trying to figure out if youtube is for me so, uh, let me know.
Thanks so much for reading.
eieio.games/essays/the-secre…
youtu.be/OI4DbECnp8A
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The advance of LLMs and other AI tools is a rare opportunity to radically upend the way we talk and think about software development, and change our industry for the better.
The way we have traditionally talked about software centers on writing code, solving technical problems.
Feeling in awe that not one but TWO of my former coworkers have founded amazing political action coalition groups?!?!
So proud of @_johnsonator and @enerianna and what they’ve achieved!
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White friends, especially white women who did not have an undergraduate sorority experience:
In the coming months you’ll likely see a great deal of content about VP Harris’ sorority affiliation and the support from its members. We 🩷 it. Some info & tips for us: 🧵
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CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/cr…
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BREAKING: The Biden administration's ban on noncompete clauses has been upheld in court.
A Pennsylvania judge denied an injunction seeking to block the rule.
As of now, virtually all noncompete agreements with bosses will be banned and voided beginning September 4.
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COWORKER: we need to find the root cause asap
ME: *takes long drag* the root cause is that our processes are not robust enough to prevent a person from making this mistake
COWORKER: amy please not right now
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Something super weird happening right now: just been called by several totally different media outlets in the last few minutes, all with Windows machines suddenly BSoD’ing (Blue Screen of Death). Anyone else seen this? Seems to be entering recovery mode:
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Some Sticker Mule alternatives:
- stickerninja.com/
- thestickybrand.com/
- stompstickers.com/
- etsy.com/shop/StickerWaveLLC
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Please listen to @PutrinoLab:
1 - There is no such thing as mild Covid-19.
2 - We still don't know the long-term consequences of a Covid-19 infection.
3 - We still don't understand what is #LongCovid.
4 - We still don't know why some people don't recover.
@LongCovidSOS
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It’s sad inquiries like this are becoming super common for freelancers
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Restore funding to libraries you weenie!! #NoCutsToLibraries
Stop being such weenies! It would be 'impossible' to have this year's Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest without Joey Chestnut.
Let's find a way to squash this beef and bring back the champ for another 4th of July at Coney Island!
nypost.com/2024/06/11/busine…
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication, throwing out legal challenge from abortion opponents. apnews.com/article/supreme-c…
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And this is why junior engineers matter so much. Teams are not collections of individual actors or fungible units of value-generating labor. Teams are ecosystems. Teams are organisms.
We are cannibalizing our own future when we avoid or put off hiring junior engineers.
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I have a new piece up. It's a bit of a rant, even for me, so buckle in.
A lot of "thought leaders" have been making their mortgages lately off of bits on how AI is going to replace software engineers, particularly entry-level engineers.
stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/1…
It's easy to generate code, but not so easy to generate good code. Contributor @mipsytipsy makes the case for hiring junior developers and treating your engineering team like a delicate ecosystem, and why GenAI tools can only take so devs far.
stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/1…
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If you worked at Forbes, Time, LA Times, Nat Geo,
Pitchfork, Sports Illustrated, Business Insider, NBC or any outlet and were laid off, we have a decent pizza fund for reporters.
Email me at [email protected] and I will send you a pizza or meal.
#PizzaForReporters
Instead of waiting until election night, I'm launching a pizza fund for journalists laid off in 2024. I have seed money from a former editor and will pay for pizza/$30 meal.
Please send Paypal donations to [email protected] or Venmo at Ellen-Chang-11. #PizzaForReporters