Colin McFarland
521 posts
Sorry not sorry
I know I said my last item was the final one for auction but I’ve just been given another I can’t say no to.
Paddy McNair has kindly donated this from tonight’s match. Match worn Northern Ireland shirt signed by the team. Thanks to Wayne Lewis for sorting
Auction will end Saturday 29th November at midday
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@MCFRL You can bid with me directly. The leading bid currently is £825 and the auction will end Saturday 29th November at midday
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@EcZachly I met you both 2018 at a DE offsite and didn’t get to work together long sounds like I missed out :))
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My mentor Jitender came into my life in 2016 and by 2020 he guided me to 10x my life and career!
Important lessons I learned from him:
- shiny tech does not matter, business outcomes do
- understandable data models are more important than fancy pipelines
- how you communicate is more important than how you code
- take care of your body and you’ll find another gear in your mind
- lead with compassion and your people will take care of you
- being obsessive is okay, that focus gives you power. Just make sure to communicate your obsessions to avoid blind spots
Find a mentor and your life will jump into another gear. Seeing you at the Iceberg meetup was such a treat!
I will be offering paid mentorship slots in January if you’re looking to invest in your future, hit me up!
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@Captaintobs Neat! It would be really nice to show the ad-hoc exploration flow like this, as scientists iterate they can map that back. Very cool!
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Had a great time at @CODEConference, where I presented work that I did over the summer at Netflix with the (twitterless) Wenjing Zheng and Simon Ejdemyr on developing flexible methods to generalise or transport causal estimates from (likely non-representative) studies.
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David Holtz@daveholtz
Very excited about the rockstar lineup we’ve put together for @CODEConference this year! Since the conference is in two weeks, I figured I’d briefly let people know what is on the program in case you’re on the fence about attending (hint: you should attend). More info below 👇
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After 10.5 years at Spotify, next week is my final week.
Spotify is a deeply special place that I hope you all get to experience one day and I'll miss it greatly.
Super excited to join Netflix as a PM developing developer productivity tooling!
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🔉 🔉 🔉 Super excited to announce our next edition of the Great Data Debate with the two most prolific product thinkers in the space — @drewbanin from @dbt_labs and @nick_handel from @transformio. 🔥
Reply with “RSVP” if you're interested and I'll share an invite! :)
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It’s quite hard to explain Netflix’s unique experimentation culture. We tried our best! netflixtechblog.com/netflix-a-cult…
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@jewelia Read Designing with Data! books.google.com/books/about/De…
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Design Twitter, need your help:
My nephew is a product designer at a small NYC startup, graduated in 2021 w/ design degree. Doesn’t know senior designers, trying to understand design careers.
What career advice would you give your past self / designers just getting started?
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@shreef @johncutlefish @bookingcom All I would add is that the tool also became the “paved path” to release. To get there the software has to be the obvious best approach, or you need big advocacy from leadership, or both.
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You might enjoy our multi-part series on experimentation at Netflix. Start here 👉 netflixtechblog.com/decision-makin…
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@brendandawes Wow they move fast! You should see our garden in England. Feel free to bring them by spider sanctuary!
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@brendandawes @Sothebys Congrats! Crazy journey. It’s so impressive how you continually reimagine your focus. 👏
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