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Ryan
Krznaric quotes the French writer François-René de Chateaubriand, who wrote over a century ago:
A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through... See more
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
Krznaric pits respect, which he defines as “being appreciated for what we personally bring to a job, and being valued for our individual contribution,” as the positive counterpart to prestige and status, arguing that “in our quest for fulfilling work, we should seek a job that offers not just good status prospects, but good respect prospects.”
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
The desire for fulfilling work — a job that provides a deep sense of purpose, and reflects our values, passions and personality — is a modern invention. ... For centuries, most inhabitants of the Western world were too busy struggling to meet their subsistence needs to worry about whether they had an exciting career that used their talents and nurt... See more
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has a name for. If you possibly can, work where there are no words for what you do.
Szymon Kaliski • Play Your Own Games
I prefer to shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it. You make the niches in which you finally reside.
Szymon Kaliski • Play Your Own Games
I'd rather just go and find an incredibly meaningful and important thing that you can do where you're the only person or one of a tiny number of people who are pursuing that end.
Play Your Own Games
Mixing up your notes on Heidegger’s “The Question Concerning Technology” and your reflections on whether your mother is gaslighting you might lead to uncomfortable context collapse. It could easily be distracting when search results turn up both academic claims and uncharitable rants about your significant other. Don’t shit where you need to critic... See more
Maggie Appleton • Daily Notes Pages
Your competition is no longer non-software solutions. It's probably existing, but suboptimal software. Which means if you're going to compete with it, your software needs to be significantly better.”
What’s Changed in 50 Years of Computing: Part 3
there are a lot of similar products in our space…how can we be significantly better?
Also thanks for the additional input from the cofounders of technical assessment vendors Cookd (a new type of technical testing), Equip (vet qualified candidates), interviewing.io (anonymous mock interviews with senior engineers from FAANG), Woven Teams (human-powered technical assessments).
How GenAI is reshaping tech hiring
I’ve always thought companies that help with software interviews would be really useful, glad to see there are a few popping up! I bet with LLMs entering the scene there will be even more need to move beyond leetcode questions and hiring companies won’t have the time or money to invest in that.