Five for Friday – March 10, 2023
It’s been an odd week with lots going on…and little going on at the same time. I’m taking some time off, starting with a ski trip next week that I hope goes as well as I imagine. In the meantime, as usual, I found a few things worth sharing.
- I’ve been away from Microsoft for over six years now, and it’s finally happened. Microsoft is (apparently) becoming innovative again. I don’t quite believe it yet, but I trust HBR to not write bullshit, so I look forward to seeing what happens.
- Adam Grant’s latest post / newsletter on Meyers-Briggs limitations is spot-fucking-on. While I find some value in MBTI, I take it with a huge grain of salt (or ignore it altogether). I have taken the Big Five survey he mentions (I took it several years ago, and again after reading this article, and I remain “The Explorer”).
- I liked this article on how a single engineer brought twitter down. But – first off, it’s worth noting that people are never to blame for incidents like this (with the exception of blaming Elon) – production incidents happen because the company creates an environment where making errors like this is possible. /me makes mental note that this could be a good blog post on its own someday…
- Some great advice from Roy Rapaport on waiting before sending that angry email. There was so much I could relate to in this post from my early career (and more recent times as well).
- And finally, another link for the local folks. I went to see Between Two Knees at Seattle Rep last weekend, and it’s fantastic. It has a perfect balance between comedy and guilt that probably plays out best in the pacific northwest anyway. I highly recommend it.
That’s all for this week. Next week may be entirely ski pictures, but we’ll see what happens.