{"id":2009,"date":"2022-01-07T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T02:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2022-01-07T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T02:20:41","slug":"five-for-friday-january-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-january-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday &#8211; January 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oh my &#8211; it&#8217;s been a while, hasn&#8217;t it. I had a good time off &#8211; in that I did nothing except play some games and read and sleep for almost 3 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few things worth sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One book I read was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/31625067-hacking-growth\">Hacking Growth<\/a> &#8211; which is an odd title for a book that reminded me a lot of the Lean Startup in places. If your team doesn&#8217;t use customer metrics to figure out if they&#8217;re building the right thing, I think it&#8217;s a must read &#8211; and an interesting read for everyone.<\/li><li>Somehow, I just discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/koolaidfactory.com\/\">Koolaid Factory<\/a>. It&#8217;s a site filled with a crap ton of web zines about how organizations work. I can&#8217;t get enough of it.<\/li><li>I love everything Cindy Sridharan writes &#8211; she just doesn&#8217;t write often enough. Her latest article on <a href=\"https:\/\/copyconstruct.medium.com\/know-how-your-org-works-or-how-to-become-a-more-effective-engineer-1a3287d1f58d\">how to become a more effective engineer<\/a> is worth every minute it takes to read.<\/li><li>Great article on <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2022\/01\/what-courageous-leaders-do-differently\">Courageous Leaders<\/a> (hint &#8211; transparency and humility are part of the equation)<\/li><li>After I post this, I&#8217;m going to play just a little more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halowaypoint.com\/halo-infinite\">Halo Infinite.<\/a> I finished the main campaign during my vacation, and I&#8217;m still interested enough to poke around and find the collectibles. To me, the story was far better than the game play, but I was able to power through on Normal without getting too frustrated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>See you next week &#8211; stay safe out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my &#8211; it&#8217;s been a while, hasn&#8217;t it. I had a good time off &#8211; in that I did nothing except play some games and read and sleep for almost 3 weeks. Here are a few things worth sharing. 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