“Beware of the person who gives advice, telling you that a certain action on your part is “good for you” while it is also good for him, while the harm to you doesn’t directly affect him.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable. Leslie Lamport”
― Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
― Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
“while people might care which company they join, they don’t care which company they work for. The truth is that, once there, people care which team they’re on.”
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
“Everyone in the organization should have access to as much data as legally possible.”
― Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches
― Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches
“Avoid taking advice from someone who gives advice for a living, unless there is a penalty for their advice.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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