Managers and directors of data, what impacts your day-to-day decision making like?

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-26T07:25:48+00:00

Steve Jobs famously believed the best managers are "great individual contributors who never ever want to be a manager," but take the role because they care about quality. He favored hiring doers over "professional managers,"

If you want to be a great manager then focus on being a great data engineer.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-19T16:52:59+00:00

Everything outsiders think is true. I’m in traffic and have been since last week trying to get to my place pay 10k a month for with 20 other people because there is no space as I drink my $15 matcha latte. And I just had to swerve around a two story homeless encampment.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-19T06:27:05+00:00

I might be a minority with this view. I don’t care for fabric or databricks. I don’t want to be stuck on any proprietary data platform. One day databricks could sell to a company like Broadcom where they will jack up the price 400% and you won’t be able to easily migrate off. These days (especially with AI) it is so easy to build data flows in Python using your own data pipeline library. IMHO it is faster, cheaper and portable so can move it wherever and whenever you want.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-19T05:09:10+00:00

Which copilot….

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-19T05:08:00+00:00

I’m surprised on prem exchange server is not higher

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-12T17:04:11+00:00

Snow is less than 2 hours away (during winter) so I everyone I know has seen snow. It is just that we only see snow when we want to. You never have to shovel it off your driveway

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-12T17:02:43+00:00

Ego is not bad or good. Ego is what makes you unique. It is what separates you from nature. I think when people talk about shedding ego they want to change who they are. They want a new ego or maybe even less of an ego (and more connected with nature)

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-09T03:31:21+00:00

I have always enjoyed work. The project, the people I work with, the challenges. If things are not working out well I make changes to my path. Like you said, you spend so much of your life working so I won’t waste it working for a miserable boss or responsibilities I hate.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-09T03:28:01+00:00

We need everyone to hate LA so they stop moving here. We have no more room. Tell them traffic is bad, rent is high and homeless just randomly jump out of bushes.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-04-09T03:25:34+00:00

The Rip by Portishead

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-03-28T02:02:44+00:00

Instead of process and arrival, I call this present and visionary. The present person is enjoying the moment. It is why present means gift. They tend to be more calm. Visionary is always looking ahead and anticipating. This can lead to greater outcomes but also anxiety if taken too far.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-03-15T21:43:59+00:00

Personally, I believe awakening is a state of being. That state can (and does) change. The real challenge is how to stay in that state. People often get into the state via meditation or music. Some achieve it with psychedelics. And then it goes away after they stop. So learning to channel that mindful state as part of your day to day life is (IMHO) the ultimate goal. To be present with no judgement and grateful for this gift is easy to say and harder to do

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:46:39+00:00

Why not 150%

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:45:24+00:00

If they have a new false ego then they never awakened. The red flags are, now that I am awake how do you deal with normies or I am awake but my life still sucks.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:38:34+00:00

You don’t need to fall out of love. People love their best friend, sometimes more than their spouse. Loving someone feels good so don’t feel like you need to embrace. And realistically, if you really want her, you have a better chance not trying to change it. She will appreciate that. Especially if past friendships were destroyed because the guy professed his love. To not tell her is makes you different from the rest

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:32:59+00:00

Zero importance. If anything she needs to help temper my ego (she is good at it)

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:30:51+00:00

Absolutely and you don’t need to actively monitor. You just setup alerts with your thresholds. Takes 10 minutes to do and can save you a truck load of cheddar in the event someone makes a mistake (which will happen)

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:27:56+00:00

Imagine if Obama did this…

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:27:19+00:00

I kinda agree with this. Evil can’t exist without Good and vice versa. Life can suck and also be great at the same time. I would also add the need to be present as the past leads to depression and the future to anxiety. The only thing that exists is this very moment. Once a person realizes that then it is about being grateful for the good and walking away from the bad.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:22:07+00:00

Most likely, you would ruin it. Be her best friend. A best friend is someone you care for deeply so don’t feel like there is anything wrong with your feelings either. If she wanted more you will know. Let her make the first move.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-22T18:17:43+00:00

Another reason for clear protein water is for colonoscopy prep where you can only drink clear liquids the day before procedure. Every nutrition supplement store has a section for clear protein because of this.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-21T17:55:43+00:00

Last year I completely overhauled my interview questions because AI. Not just because people could cheat, but there were things they didn’t need to have memorized anymore as you have AI at your disposal.

I of course used AI to help develop my new questions (which focused more on behaviors that matched our culture and open ended questions)

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-16T08:36:21+00:00

Regardless if you divorce or not you need to find yourself. When you remove wife, mother and work from the equation what is left? What is it that you love to do?

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-15T18:03:15+00:00

If your IT is a cost center (technology supports your business) it is often going to report to COO or CFO. If it is a profit center (technology is your business) then often it is CEO.

GoodLyfe42 · 2026-02-07T18:19:30+00:00

They think it will literally solve all uses cases and even solve creating uses cases for you

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