Patio11
- The great online writer, (got well-known through great [[hackernews]] comments like this one), also known by his real name Patrick Mackenzie.
- His website found here
My Linked Notes
- 2020-10-24
- Even when you do have your boss or customers convinced, they still need some kind of report showing metrics for money saved, time saved, value added, etc. Your bosses have bosses, your customers have bosses, and at the end of the line somewhere is a person whose only interest is increasing revenue and reducing cost (thanks [[Patio11]] [[Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice]]).
- Accept you're going to have to create this material. Accept it is just as much work as any of the technical things you do (probably more important)
- Even when you do have your boss or customers convinced, they still need some kind of report showing metrics for money saved, time saved, value added, etc. Your bosses have bosses, your customers have bosses, and at the end of the line somewhere is a person whose only interest is increasing revenue and reducing cost (thanks [[Patio11]] [[Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice]]).
- 2020-10-25
- I also found a company I think it really cool [[Latacora]] from [[Patio11]]'s website
- Their business model is really interesting, and they are going after a really important, really hard, and really boring problem
- A great example of a [[migraine problem]]
- I also found a company I think it really cool [[Latacora]] from [[Patio11]]'s website
- getting-to-yes
This was a book recommended by [[patio11]] in [[Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice]]
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