Amit Cohen
@amit
Amit Cohen
The highest purpose of friendship lies in a capacity to offer a fellow broken human a hopeful and
redemptive message: I - like you - have been odd; I - like you - have been mad; I - like you - have been guilty.
No one is normal, and therefore no one is beyond love and sympathy.
“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” - Eden Phillpotts
When I was at Google, my very first promotion from Eng 1 to Eng 2 got rejected after 2 years in the role. The feedback from the promo committee was “work on more impactful projects”. I was disappointed, but I also learned that “I’ll just do what I’m told and I’ll get promoted” is simply not true. I needed to rethink my approach.
The feedback from... See more
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Impact is so much more important than doing your job right. Based on a LinkedIn post by Irina Stanescu
The Data Team Playbook: 50+ Resources For High-Performing Data Teams
SeattleDataGuyseattledataguy.substack.com
business and Early Career Advice
a great collection of resources
When you choose whom to follow on Twitter, you’re choosing what types of mindsets and aesthetics to expose yourself to on a regular basis. You’re choosing what types of conversations to have. You’re choosing to be reminded regularly of certain things, and not of others. This is a kind of Programmable attention.
Programmable attention
The 3-3-3 Method is as follows:
Spend 3 hours on your most important thing.
Complete 3 shorter tasks you've been avoiding.
Work on 3 maintenance activities to keep life in order.
The idea is that if you execute and check off these three major boxes, you've had a good day.... See more
This is why the people who score well on intelligence tests and win lots of chess games are no happier than the people who flunk the tests and lose at chess: well-defined and poorly defined problems require completely different problem-solving skills. Life ain’t chess! Nobody agrees on the rules, the pieces do whatever they want, and the board... See more
Adam Mastroianni • Why Aren't Smart People Happier?
