Knowledge how to run a business in a way to recruit and retain engineering talent?
He made a mess of Apple first time round, tried to kill the Mac, nearly ran Pixar into the ground, and ran NeXT into the ground, so I am not entirely convinced he was that good at running a business compared to some, except perhaps the second time round at Apple. I'm not saying I could do any better, but there do seem to be people, in general, who have done better.
That doesn't seem to be backed by psychological studies, or even a basic study of humanity. If it was boundliess then rich people would spend all their money on gold drinking bowls for each of their 500 pets, but they don't. And desire it also limited by morals and laws.
I strongly believe that programmer productivity today is less than it was decades ago, partly a result of distraction and the inability to think deeply, and partly due to the poor quality of todayâ(TM)s tools and tool documentation.
I don't think so, as automation, orchestration (DevOps), code generation, software models, and pre-written frameworks allows you to do more. It used to be if you wanted an OS-agnostic set of bindings for I/O you had to write something, now you just pull it off the shelf. You had to worry about vendor-specific extensions for languages, but now standards reduce that requirement. If you wanted to build a complex set of software over multiple platforms, it could be hard to orchestrate it, but now with Jenkins and a bit of Docker, or another framework, and you can do that. With maven you can build a number of additional items along with the software build. Automated testing is better. So even if a programmer goofs off twice as much as 30 years ago, they should still be more productive in terms of delivered functionality. If DevOps isn't improving productivity something is going wrong, and yes, it's not a silver bullet.
I don't have a particular problem with open, collaborative offices, as long as they are not complete barns, and as long as there is some space apart for when you do need to use Skype or whatever for work, someone, or discuss things with or have a particular need for peace and quiet for a couple of hours. However, some offices are not laid out in a way that is particularly pleasant, and a better understanding of how to make a shared office a more enjoyable space would be welcome.
Where I work now the groups of desks in a single area are relatively modest (around 15) and there is a breakout room for around four to five people with a table, chairs, sofa, and a video conferencing suite. And I will probably move my espresso machine in there.
Actually there is DNA evidence that the original founders of Egypt were Indo-European.
Since Indo-European is a language, part of a cultural complex that spread over many different populations, I find that hard to believe. D
The term Egypt is complex, as there were multiple kingdoms in both time and geography. That's not surprising as we are talking of a period of thousands of years, and the borders of European countries have been fluid over even the last 200, let alone the classic pharonic period of over time times that.
I remember from about 15 years ago a documentary on putting up obelisks in which a number of archaeologists tried to do it as a practical demonstration. They tried elaborate schemes with sand running out of boxes and so on. The foreman of the team of hired help that constructed these things begged to be allowed to try his own method, and on the last day he was allowed to try. He built an A frame and a few other bits and with his team of men it took them half an hour once that was constructed. It shows the value of practical experience.
So in this case it would be good to get some engineers skilled in hydrology, construction, shipping, etc., with good practical experience to look over the evidence in the diary and see if they could come up with a suitable way of implementing what it hints at (I imagine given the expense you'd have to simulate it in silico, though) to see if it makes sense. That sounds like it would be a really fun research project.
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A large number of monkeys with keyboards stand more chance of creating a Perl program than Shakespeare, perhaps.
Is the video like the Malkovich movie?
I definitely trust GM to make an unbiased analysis of competitor technological capacity.
The claims need to be judged on their own merit. GM might not be an unbiased source, but the analysis might be accurate. Or indeed, it may not be.
Knowledge how to run a business in a way to recruit and retain engineering talent?
He made a mess of Apple first time round, tried to kill the Mac, nearly ran Pixar into the ground, and ran NeXT into the ground, so I am not entirely convinced he was that good at running a business compared to some, except perhaps the second time round at Apple. I'm not saying I could do any better, but there do seem to be people, in general, who have done better.
human desire is boundless
That doesn't seem to be backed by psychological studies, or even a basic study of humanity. If it was boundliess then rich people would spend all their money on gold drinking bowls for each of their 500 pets, but they don't. And desire it also limited by morals and laws.
I strongly believe that programmer productivity today is less than it was decades ago, partly a result of distraction and the inability to think deeply, and partly due to the poor quality of todayâ(TM)s tools and tool documentation.
I don't think so, as automation, orchestration (DevOps), code generation, software models, and pre-written frameworks allows you to do more. It used to be if you wanted an OS-agnostic set of bindings for I/O you had to write something, now you just pull it off the shelf. You had to worry about vendor-specific extensions for languages, but now standards reduce that requirement. If you wanted to build a complex set of software over multiple platforms, it could be hard to orchestrate it, but now with Jenkins and a bit of Docker, or another framework, and you can do that. With maven you can build a number of additional items along with the software build. Automated testing is better. So even if a programmer goofs off twice as much as 30 years ago, they should still be more productive in terms of delivered functionality. If DevOps isn't improving productivity something is going wrong, and yes, it's not a silver bullet.
I don't have a particular problem with open, collaborative offices, as long as they are not complete barns, and as long as there is some space apart for when you do need to use Skype or whatever for work, someone, or discuss things with or have a particular need for peace and quiet for a couple of hours. However, some offices are not laid out in a way that is particularly pleasant, and a better understanding of how to make a shared office a more enjoyable space would be welcome. Where I work now the groups of desks in a single area are relatively modest (around 15) and there is a breakout room for around four to five people with a table, chairs, sofa, and a video conferencing suite. And I will probably move my espresso machine in there.
It might be very important if you live in Trondheim or have just been sent to a research station in Antarctica.
Actually there is DNA evidence that the original founders of Egypt were Indo-European.
Since Indo-European is a language, part of a cultural complex that spread over many different populations, I find that hard to believe. D
The term Egypt is complex, as there were multiple kingdoms in both time and geography. That's not surprising as we are talking of a period of thousands of years, and the borders of European countries have been fluid over even the last 200, let alone the classic pharonic period of over time times that.
I remember from about 15 years ago a documentary on putting up obelisks in which a number of archaeologists tried to do it as a practical demonstration. They tried elaborate schemes with sand running out of boxes and so on. The foreman of the team of hired help that constructed these things begged to be allowed to try his own method, and on the last day he was allowed to try. He built an A frame and a few other bits and with his team of men it took them half an hour once that was constructed. It shows the value of practical experience. So in this case it would be good to get some engineers skilled in hydrology, construction, shipping, etc., with good practical experience to look over the evidence in the diary and see if they could come up with a suitable way of implementing what it hints at (I imagine given the expense you'd have to simulate it in silico, though) to see if it makes sense. That sounds like it would be a really fun research project.