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An Incentives Perspective

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Once upon a time there was a guild of bakers. Bakers belonged to a kitchen and the kitchens belonged to the guild. They were fortunate enough to live in…

Dec 20, 2022

Buried in this tweet by Gergely Orosz is an interesting quote: “Team matching was very frustrating for hiring managers.” Briefly, team matching is the…

Dec 19, 2022

Gergely Orosz’s excellent The Pragmatic Engineer substack recently published a couple of pieces on the performance review process at large tech…

Dec 15, 2022

Capital Versus Labor

Dec 6, 2022

I’m your employer. If you live somewhere it costs you $1,000/month to live, then I should pay you less than if you live somewhere it costs you…

Aug 10, 2022

Unexpected Incentive Misalignment in a Subscription Book

Jul 15, 2022

“You’re just doing it for the money.” I’ve heard this criticism of technical ideas since, well, ever. It’s laughable, really. If I was coming up with…

May 17, 2022

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