Some #AmazonBlackFriday sale picks for better sleep & happier winters:
- Weighted blankets amzn.to/2OWmHof (remember to pick right weight for your weight)
- Light therapy lamps amzn.to/2q1YBQx
- Dodow for help falling asleep amzn.to/33rjUZu (I travel w 1)
These are my favourite noise cancelling headphones
- Sony WH-1000XM3s amzn.to/34vOsKR (comfiest)
- Bose QC35s amzn.to/34vbBNy (best noise cancelling tech)
- Bose 700s amzn.to/34wUtXR (new, beautiful, tempting and apparently great noise isolation for calls)
(If you strongly prefer Xbox then seems there are some good deals on those too amzn.to/35LnSxx and also on Nintendo Switch, which I hear very good things about amzn.to/35PDaBF) #AmazonBlackFriday
Oh and a newer version of our ridiculous-but-joyful 75 inch TV is in the #AmazonBlackFriday sale too! amzn.to/34vDLIs Though I admit I got mine from @RicherSounds as I love their approach and customer service. And this soundbar & subwoofer is ACE amzn.to/2DqkP1T
I was quite impressed with a Portal demo previously ... mostly in terms of how it copes with surrounding noise and focuses in on who’s speaking. I’m less sure about anything constantly listening tho. Anyone got experience w them? amzn.to/2rHur5q Big discounts...
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Latest in the “moving into tech leadership and/or management” subtheme here today at #LeadDevSanFrancisco is “Becoming a Manager Somewhere Else” from @mybluewristband
“Not all the advice provided in this talk will definitely work for you, as it’s my own story”
Jenn’s Career Trajectory:
- civil engineer
- mechanical engineer
- structural engineer
- customer support (to get foot in the door of tech)
- web developer (~5 years)
- software engineer (again. Another 3 yrs)
- moving towards management
“Three Things to Look for in the Person:
[0) Care about people (non-neg) ] 1) Doubts (filter out power hungry) 2) Growth mindset (highly competent at engineering —> highly incompetent at managing) 3) Courage to be disliked (recognition changes)
“Inclusion is a foundation for setting and creating a level playing field for people to be given opportunities to succeed. Inclusion has to presume competence.”
I love the @TheLeadDev crowd so much. They just gave @carlaprvieira applause and whooping for explaining it’s her first time in the US and her first international conference talk here at #LeadDevSanFrancisco 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖
“Bias is like a virus that travels and is replicated by machine learning models.”
Potential Harms Caused by AI Systems: 1) Bias & discrimination 2) Denial of individual autonomic rights 3) Non-transparent, unexplainable or unjustifiable outcomes 4) Invasions of privacy 5) Unreliable, unsafe or poor quality outcomes