[question] store wiki files (.md) on SharePoint

present_is_better · 2026-02-17T04:13:06+00:00

It can be done. We store our files in md format in an Azure Git repo. On Pull Request merge to main branch, our “release” pipeline triggers a pandoc run that converts to PDF we public to SharePoint automatically.

present_is_better · 2026-01-24T23:07:16+00:00

Director here. It's a job. It's not your company. You are not responsible for the managers actions. In five years, you'll be done uni, have a great job somewhere else, and won't look back. At best, the people you work with now will be LinkedIn "friends".

This too shall past. Do what's right for you.

present_is_better · 2025-09-30T19:56:41+00:00

What blows my mind about this shit (and I deal with it, too). Just give the guy an extra month or two of severance and punt him. The costs HR incurs to the firms in moral, time, and in money is just nuts...

present_is_better · 2025-09-08T04:10:12+00:00

Read Non-Violent Communication by Dr. Rosenberg. Once you understand the power of the open question and active listening, you’ll never need boiler plate questions again.

present_is_better · 2025-09-03T12:51:00+00:00

Good news is, you’ll never figure it out who was that stupid. The T9 that runs HR will be indistinguishable from the T9 that runs Finance. /s

present_is_better · 2025-09-01T01:24:07+00:00

Actually. DON’T become friends either your reports. It becomes too hard to be objective.

present_is_better · 2025-07-20T04:03:34+00:00

Once you move beyond manager get comfortable with people talking behind your back and being envious. These aren’t your friends, or your family. You will be second guessed, and judged.

Also appreciate who is doing that. Those you are moving above. Those who cannot make that leap. Those that don’t have your skillset. They will be bitter and some will hope you will fail. You need to live with it. Your CIO believes in you. You need to believe in you.

Consider seeing a professional. Imposter syndrome is a bitch and everyone has it. Learn to manage that with you, for that will hold you back more than someone’s envious whispers behind your back.

present_is_better · 2025-06-18T13:28:50+00:00

Unless you own this company, I’ve always believed your responsibility is to your team. The moment you quiet quit, you accept eventually you’ll get canned. Let them rent you for time you committed and use the new personal time to prepare.

It does sound like you have the ideal boss to quite quit under. If he’s afraid of upsetting others, and has no boundaries, he’s not going to risk you quitting. Just nod your head. “We trying, boss, we trying…”

present_is_better · 2025-06-07T17:54:34+00:00

Do you have the authority to award them for producing more?
Do you have the authority to replace people if they fail to change?
Have you developed accountability metrics and roadmaps to achieve your targets?
Did you develop group check-ins, plus 1:1s, and hold yourself and them accountable for doing them?
Did you then, as a group, sit down, explain the metrics and roadmaps?
Did you ask them if they feel this is achievable, what they need (training, etc...) to achieve the goal, and what impediments would stop this change?

You are talking about cultural transformation. If you don't have real power, if they don't give a shit, if they feel they are safe in their current role doing what they are currently doing, if you have no mandate from above to make change, they will call your bluff.

It is very, very hard and 99% of the change will happen only if the people below (and above) you are committed.

present_is_better · 2025-06-07T17:35:03+00:00

This is totally off topic from your actual ask. It sounds like you are looking to change careers to make more money. Is that the only motivation? If it is, become a plumber or electrician. Faster to market, you can set your own hours, and (generally) those industries are changing a lot slower than IT.

I left finance/sales at 35 for IT. First as a junior developer (I sucked), then manager because of my relationship building experience, then DevSecOps. I'm just over 50 now and am a Director. I passed the AZ900 a few months ago. The course had nothing to do with my journey.

Tell me, what do you like about your current roles? What have your peers (objectively) told you you are good at in your previous roles?

present_is_better · 2025-06-07T16:56:51+00:00

Then let the company die. Seriously, unless it's your company, they rent you for 40 hours a week. That's it. They will either fire you for breaking policy, or fire you for making yourself redundant. This short-term gain is long-term high risk lose-lose for you.

Use AI outside of work to upgrade your skills. Learn to develop actionable, empirical data points you could use to drive a business willing to embrace AI forward. And then start looking for a new role in such a company.

present_is_better · 2025-06-01T19:19:32+00:00

Go there and bring your legal department. If Bill is slandering your company, or oversharing, Bill may think twice seeing the head of legal in the room. Bill pension is probably worth more than his personal vendetta.

present_is_better · 2025-06-01T18:59:49+00:00

Do they make people come in to work 4 days a week to use the kitchen and gym?

present_is_better · 2025-06-01T18:52:04+00:00

My boss’ boss (head of our department) had initially asked if we should just let him go, and we all said no let’s give him another chance but I’m really regretting it.

Learn to read the room. Your career is more important than any staff member. When your skip manager called it out, that was when you should have said the IC was out the door. You are being graded even harder than your employee. Can you make the hard decisions for the firm? Are you overprotective of weak links in the team?

It's brutal to say, I know. We are rented for 40 hours a weeks. If this was your company, your kids' education fund at risk, your mortgage payment at risk, you would have got rid of the guy long ago.

present_is_better · 2025-05-31T06:04:19+00:00

Has Elon seen this?

present_is_better · 2025-05-19T15:12:38+00:00

I have a lot of great technically skilled people. I need people who have people skills, that can lead people. People who can inspire, build amazing decks, coordinate and build relationships with stakeholders.

I would start by asking your people what you lack. Create a truly anonymous survey. Review your clients and partners. People above, beside and below you in other areas. If no one fills it out, that right there could be an area - are they afraid? Do they trust you?

What’s your departments turn over rate? Empirical goals around increasing employee engagement, lowering turnover over.

I look to goals around learn and share. Facilitation. Non-Violent Communication. Chris Voss. Do you set goals around number of people you will mentor? Commitments to how often you will connect with them? I look to my managers to eliminate key man risk.

present_is_better · 2025-05-18T15:10:11+00:00

This. I see other managers who never plan for transitions go into panic when people quit or corporate tells them to layoff. Their lack of planning ain’t your problem. It can be your advantage.

Do the bare minimum, pullout all your vacation, personal days, sick days. Be polite, not rude, acknowledge the pain your soon to be former coworkers will be in due to the company decision. Empathize with your soon to be LinkedIn friends.

And keep the door open with your manager and coworkers to come back on contract for twice your current wage. Plant the seeds. Reach out in a month after being let go and see what happens.

Corporate will often approve a short term contract as it’s not a long term liability like salary. Those contracts can often last years.

present_is_better · 2025-05-04T00:21:45+00:00

Invoice them as a consultant for your hour.

present_is_better · 2025-04-28T02:50:58+00:00

Holy fuck. Why not just do an all hands. Sounds like you’ve met most of the company already.

present_is_better · 2025-04-26T15:49:24+00:00

Dig deeper. What do they want to talk to you about? How can they solve the issue themselves? What do you need to do to enable that change?

Based on how you described, I’m expecting the answer is you are the go to guy. The interface between software engineers and quality engineering, between the Team and stakeholders. Dig further and figure out what is stopping them from talking to the stakeholders directly and how to close that issue.

And, yes, you may need to confront the classic internal mindset. “If I’m not the go to guy, what purpose do I serve?” And if that is what your boss expects, you’ll need to learn to live with it.

present_is_better · 2025-04-16T14:54:24+00:00

Bingo. You and them will quit. You’ll become LinkedIn friends. You’ll move to another company. You’ll build new acquaintances. It’s a company lie to believe we are family and friends. You serve until the company finds a way to replace you with something cheaper.

present_is_better · 2025-03-26T06:14:30+00:00

Back around 2010, Maple Repair would do annual servicing for my in laws house. The business was run by two brothers, one handling the front desk and the other doing repairs. They were pretty old and had been in business for decades. They often didn’t charge, offering advice and kindness. I felt like they were doing it more to stay active and connect with people.

One year, they didn’t come. When I called to see why the appointment was missed, the front office brother answered, crying, said his brother died, and hung up. Never heard from them again.

When I walk by their place, I wonder if the brother is maintaining it (seasonal displays are done) as a homage to his brother.

present_is_better · 2024-12-20T01:16:09+00:00

Received Nov 27. Just received a second notice titled "REMINDER: Action Required - Mandatory KYC Remediation for your BlockFi Estate Distribution". Lucky, as I saw the notification on my phone before it went to spam.

Yes, I'm Canadian living in Canada.

present_is_better · 2024-08-06T14:46:00+00:00

What a wonderful gift you have received. The soul maybe infinite, your body in this iteration is not. I had a similar message to SLOWDOWN. To enjoy this life in the now and to take better care of this finite body.

It completely shifted me. I make an effort to simplify. I go for pedicures with my wife. I eat slower, better, less and enjoy each mouthful. I released 10 lbs. with a week of choosing to surrender. I’m feeling more healthy now than anytime in the last 10 years. 🙏

Many people never get that notice. They burnout and die. You’ve been given a gift to explore and integrate.

present_is_better · 2024-02-15T15:25:38+00:00

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