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November 2019 — 142 tweets

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  1. This is like a car crash as interpretive dance.
  2. I *super* believe in remote work and purchasing power is a big reason why it’s great for both individuals and the less populated places they choose to live. But even when your job is remote, there are still other aspects of life and career.
  3. Why remote work is the future in two pictures: What ~$1M gets you in Utah (near SLC) vs in SF
  4. Yup.
  5. "Do you still get to write code?" "Sometimes, like when I'm on vacation" "That's the saddest thing I've ever heard."
  6. I blame the patriarchy.
  7. I was trying to get @nikolayb
  8. I am the person with the gorgeous three bedroom house in a cheaper European city but... increasingly I think I need to move back to a bigger city to have the kind of life and career I want.
  9. Omg I just found a cute $600 dress for $200 and IT HAS POCKETS!!!!! Truly this is a Great Day 👗
  10. Wedding selfie 🤳🏼
  11. Omg!
  12. 🖤🖤🖤
  13. This talk was amazing @lisa_van_gelder
  14. Seek help when you need it, even from unlikely places In an emergency, even a passenger can probably help. Don’t have passengers at work, but there are people who can help. Try asking for it. Especially in a time of emergency. @rmurphey
  15. Listening to @femgineer
  16. View from The Arch https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/view-from-the-arch/…
  17. Maybe we should all take things a bit less seriously. People are important, but what we do is not life and death. Love this talk, @rmurphey
  18. Brought in a skills matrix - after had built some trust. Brought in levels. Some people left, but those who stayed loved it. Seniors got recognition, juniors knew how to grow. @lisa_van_gelder
  19. I am fully gonna cry watching @nmeans
  20. Cycle time went from 14 days to 1.5. Everyone was happy! But then she heard about another company with other challenges that sounded exciting... @lisa_van_gelder
  21. 👗 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/%f0%9f%91%97-3/…
  22. "I believe you would poison a specific dog you didn't like, but I don't believe you would randomly poison many dogs." ~@nikolayb
  23. Change is scary when happens to you. Gave engineers control over timeframe, allowed grace period if they were leveled below what they wanted. Even though it didn’t work, they felt better about it. @lisa_van_gelder
  24. Texting one of my BFFs who I FINALLY GET TO SEE TOMORROW (I haven’t seen her since we were in Berlin in June) and we were both planning to bring each other sheet masks and THIS FILLS ME WITH JOY.
  25. First example at sprint planning. Scrum master wanted to “hold engineers accountable” for getting stuff done. Each developer had to sign up for individual stories, at the end of it justify to whole team and their manager. The engineers hated it. @lisa_van_gelder
  26. Recovering micromanager, so started small. Called a meeting and explained the why and the what... and then shut up. @femgineer
  27. Hi hi :)
  28. You’re amazing 🖤; these people are defective.
  29. Got some rough feedback that she was not succeeding as an engineer or a manager, and had to pick one. Had to learn how to scale herself as a manager. @femgineer
  30. The team figured out a plan and set the deadlines themselves! Gave her time to focus on coaching and to act as guard rails for the team. @femgineer
  31. I have been complaining a lot about the murder rate lately and @cathmo
  32. - opening/attention getter - state your concern and the problem as you see it - suggest a solution - seek agreement @rmurphey
  33. So excited for @TheLeadDev
  34. Engineers had started padding their estimates and hiding on the last day of the sprint in order to avoid being assigned work they wouldn’t complete. The process to hold people accountable was destroying velocity (and morale). @lisa_van_gelder
  35. Moved to tracking cycle time. The first thing they found was having individual ownership over pieces of the codebase, having all stories assigned to them. Change: anyone can pick up the next story whether expert or not. Encouraged pairing. @lisa_van_gelder
  36. Three years ago around now: started at Automattic. Two years ago around now: moved to Ireland. A year ago around now: went back to therapy.
  37. Changed incentives to team vs individual, this encouraged more developing of juniors. Cycle time went down short term, but then went up. @lisa_van_gelder
  38. Drive motivation: autonomy, mastery purpose. But also safety! This comes from google’s research into high performing teams. Feeling safe is a prerequisite for taking risks, stretch goals. If you’re not feeling safe you’re covering your ass. @lisa_van_gelder
  39. Over time found that sense of accomplishment from the team delivering on long term goals. Yay!! Loved this talk, thanks @femgineer
  40. Lesson 3: aviator, navigate, communicate. Plane landing in the Hudson - no information to air traffic control, the pilot is trying to land in the river. First fly the airplane, nothing matters if you crash. Then where you are going. Then communication. @rmurphey
  41. Look it's the @Automattic
  42. Next time someone asks for a sense of urgency... - think about incentives - safety is motivational but often in opposite way you want - is it clear what it means to do a role well - do you give teams problems not solutions - do teams have autonomy @lisa_van_gelder
  43. Inexplicable https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/inexplicable/…
  44. The Arch https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/the-arch/…
  45. I am a recent convert to James Perse, currently wearing $250 socially acceptable sweatpants and I have no regrets, actually quite smug about it. https://m.jamesperse.com/women/apparel/pants-denim/womens-vintage-jersey-sweatpant-whvj1677?color=2473…
  46. Conflict is normal, need to embrace it. People need to learn to resolve things themselves. You can escalate, but that isn’t the first step. @femgineer
  47. Benefits to reducing the bus factor: - they could take vacation! - they could level each other up! @femgineer
  48. Weird that people think the glitter is for the murderer! No! The glitter is for me! Although I guess the difficulty of removing glitter could make it a useful clue for tracking down a crime.
  49. Invite disagreement: - admit failure and regrets - recognize silence @rmurphey
  50. Flying "basic" on Delta today and can confirm it is... Basic. I feel... Basic.
  51. She was told she needed to build a self-sufficient team. Thought she needed to be really involved, but realized that wasn’t helping anyway because it made her a bottleneck. Needed to learn to trust them to make decisions, get things done, & come to her. @femgineer
  52. Positive transfer of control - it’s clear who is in charge. Also, everyone is encouraged to positively challenge decisions. This was a response to plane crashes. People were saying things, but not directly. Need to teach people how to disagree. @rmurphey
  53. Second bottleneck was mastery. Lack of leveling was a problem, title defined by how well people interviewed. People making architecture decisions without the experience to do it well. People weren’t incentivized to develop and learn. @lisa_van_gelder
  54. Change is most effective when people are honest. Reward hard feedback. If people are open to it, publicly thank the person who gives hard feedback. Admit when you’re wrong. People take their cues from leaders as to how to handle failure. @lisa_van_gelder
  55. "I believe you would poison a specific dog you didn't like, but I don't believe you would randomly poison many dogs." ~@nikolayb
  56. 🌃 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/%f0%9f%8c%83-4/…
  57. Moved to tracking team velocity rather than individual volocity. Business was under pressure, developers did not know though. No one had told them so as not to worry them! This got them more motivated and aligned. @lisa_van_gelder
  58. Ooh so exciting, @rmurphey
  59. Look up https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/look-up/…
  60. I am reading a book about women and relationships and it is really fucking with my head 🙈
  61. High tide #nofilter 🇮🇹
  62. I now have status on three airlines... living my best life? Or evidence of Terrible Mistakes?
  63. I feel very called out.
  64. Ai missoni blankets, I have been resisting for like a year+ but eventually I will crack...
  65. Anyway! If you ever happen to be in Turin have dinner at The EGG by Nicola Batavia, tell him I sent you and say hello 👨‍🍳
  66. The hotel has informed everyone staying that tomorrow no one will be able to leave the hotel from ~9am until... whenever the water level goes down. I rely on you all to entertain me because I do not do well being cooped up.
  67. No need to hurry https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/no-need-to-hurry/…
  68. Yikes I think one ryan air flight would end me let alone at volume
  69. Last bit of Outside until... whenever I’m allowed out tomorrow 😭
  70. So far today I have completely destroyed a pair of jeans as I left the hotel (had to turn cab around get changed, throw them out), forgot my fave museum of broken relationships tote bag at the hotel, realized (I think) a filling fell out, and I’m heading to a state of emergency.
  71. Proposal for our team brand from @itsJonQ
  72. Continuing the theme of "all my vacations end in disaster", Venice has flooded and @endocrimes
  73. :)
  74. Given the flooding obviously I had to buy a spare pair of shoes...
  75. I now have status on three airlines... living my best life? Or evidence of Terrible Mistakes?
  76. The rain has started ☔️🇮🇹
  77. Problem solving with @duretti
  78. Peer pressure: it works. (⁦@elibud
  79. This article on how overwork is driven by insecurity is Too Real - If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week? https://hbr.org/2018/02/if-youre-so-successful-why-are-you-still-working-70-hours-a-week… /via @sundress
  80. Omg your T-shirt is divine
  81. Okay I have some little murano glass gifts to send out to people needing a little color (and love!) - if this is you, DM me an address and what kind of colors you like and I’ll mail you a little something from Venice 💌🇮🇹
  82. Yay finally I am free and wondering around venice in the dark.
  83. Huh it’s like we are having the same day but I am trapped in a hotel in Venice.
  84. :) next time!
  85. Frantically trying to book a hotel before the plane takes off because somehow I was supposed to be staying in a student dorm?!? I guess this is why people read emails 🙈
  86. Wrong wording there, no need to “need”, “could use” is totally fine. They are all super pretty things I would wear myself 🖤
  87. Nice interview with @a_hollandsmith - I can wake up and work anywhere in the world https://blog.makersacademy.com/i-can-wake-up-and-work-anywhere-in-the-world-c202022685dc…
  88. Canal Grande 🇮🇹 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/canal-grande-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b9/…
  89. I let go of the concept of time ⏰ what even is a decade anyway?! 🗓 https://x.com/stfutony/statu/stfutony/status/1193954501620690944…
  90. I have started my vacation completely uncharacteristically by having a multi course meal chosen for me personally by a chef I befriended yesterday and also drinking WINE 🍷
  91. That’s @elibud
  92. Don't mind me I'm just sat between two random dudes on an overnight flight crying.
  93. I was rescued by @Geek_Manager
  94. I have no need for this adorable backpack but still. It’s mine now! 😍
  95. Underwhelming response to this has me worried y’all are happy or think I have poor taste... either way I need to work on my personal brand 🙃
  96. Full day Swift immersion at @swiftheroes_it
  97. Giving my space raccoon talk aka “it’s probably fine” for the last time this afternoon 🦝💔 maybe @VPoltrack and I will create a new raccoon adventure next year but as is usual at this time of year I’m like “this is the LAST talk and then I am retiring from public life” 😆
  98. If you enjoyed this thread, you may also enjoy the video: https://youtu.be/HcB7IeUClEk
  99. I have my kindle! I have a hundred lifetimes supply of books!
  100. Love this writing advice from @oliverburkeman
  101. The plight of the bi girl in a heteronormative society. (Painting by Jeanne Bieruma Oosting)
  102. Wow y’all, the Anne Frank house was a pianola factory before all the factories were shut down!! And then Otto Frank bought it!
  103. Original grumpy cat
  104. I'm so sorry! That sounds horrible. @Automattic
  105. People I follow on Twitter is basically people I'm friends with and people I low key want to be friends with but am too afraid to reach out to.
  106. Beautiful day in Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/beautiful-day-in-amsterdam-%f0%9f%87%b3%f0%9f%87%b1-3/…
  107. The most relatable catte 😾😿🙀 https://x.com/41strange/stat/41strange/status/1197325805862305793…
  108. This one is for @sophaskins
  109. Cat-tea
  110. “They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.” ~Mark Twain
  111. In other fun building facts, this museum is in a converted police station and I am standing in what used to be a prison cell.
  112. You know I'm that kind of friend, I love to validate. If you make progress, I will tell you 💕 https://x.com/endocrimes/sta/endocrimes/status/1197251748651569153…
  113. Hahaha ofc he was a Bernie bro
  114. Ofc, he was a Bernie bro. https://x.com/endocrimes/sta/endocrimes/status/1197900942655528960…
  115. In 1926 in the US more pianolas were sold than regular pianos. But in the 1930s, with the rise of the gramophone, this changed. By the 1940s, basically no more pianolas, factories closed, although some composers still wrote for them because humans only have two hands.
  116. “His handheld camera was fitted with a fake lens to the side, allowing him to take pictures in a different direction than the one he was facing. This way of photographing, by which he documented people without asking for their permission...” 🤮
  117. My entire online profile is an elaborate way to get people to try and befriend me and thus avoid confronting some areas of social anxiety 🙈
  118. One last pic snapped on the way out, love these - so minimal but captures the essence of catte.
  119. Love this! 🖤
  120. ⚓️🇳🇱 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/%e2%9a%93%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%87%b3%f0%9f%87%b1/…
  121. “Well I guess we have to both hunt AND gather but at least we have these awesome capes.” (Artist: Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman”)
  122. This pigeon is just walking around this restaurant I love it 🐦
  123. STARRING DURETTI!!!
  124. 🐈 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/%f0%9f%90%88-3/…
  125. This style of pianola could have “recorded” things so it was like the pianist playing not the sheet music. This is Prokofieff.
  126. It’s true I could never love anyone enough to go to o’hare regularly 😆
  127. Cat barbershop
  128. “What a greater gift than the love of a cat.” ~Dickens
  129. “With a cat the situation is very different. It refuses to follow orders and chooses to be in your presence. It is this freedom and loving nature that attracts the creative and talented.” ~Bob Meijer
  130. 😆 kim 🖤
  131. I have all this art I’m waiting for the builder to come and hang... and meanwhile I just keep buying (and framing) more. Four more pieces yesterday, but until we start putting it all up I don’t have to confront that I’m out of wall space...
  132. Aww thank you!
  133. 🏠🇳🇱 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/11/%f0%9f%8f%a0%f0%9f%87%b3%f0%9f%87%b1/…
  134. Thanks Ellen, I spoke last year! 🖤
  135. The Pilot and I went on an adventure in Pinkness 🚗 to the most south west point of Ireland today... it was beautiful 🧭🇮🇪🌊
  136. A good onboarding experience for new hires requires two key things https://cate.blog/2019/11/27/a-good-onboarding-experience-for-new-hires-requires-two-key-things/…
  137. Hahaha Hilary I told you that a teapot would improve your life 🖤
  138. Not only did I buy the plant pot, I also REPOTTED THE PLANT although I’m a little worried that the plant will now die. It’s been growing too tall and it’s balance is off? I don’t understand what’s happening. I think some rocks would help but I’m not sure how to obtain them.
  139. "real-life objects are much simpler to understand and fix than computer systems, but the tools are very immature, no debuggers and profilers, no copy-paste, no version control and rollback" ~@nikolayb