andy goldstein
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andy goldstein
@andygoldstein00
⛅ AWS Certified Engineer, Linux Admin 💻Full Stack Dev Freelance https://t.co/BiQfW0VlY0 #100devs alum opinions are mine https://t.co/9ikAeD178r





> be me, applied scientist at amazon > spend 6 months building ML model that actually works > ready to ship > manager asks "but does it Dive Deep?" > show him 37 pages of technical documentation > "that's great anon, but what about Customer Obsession?" > model literally convinces customers to buy more stuff they don't need > "okay but are you thinking Big Enough?" > mfw I am literally increasing sales > okay lets ship it > PM says there's not enough Disagree and Commit > we need to disagree about something > team spends 2 hours debating whether the config file should be YAML or JSON > engineering insists on XML "for backwards compatibility" > what backwards compatibility, this is a new service > doesn't matter, we disagree and commit to XML > finally get approval to deploy > "make sure you're frugal with the compute costs" > model runs on a potato, costs $2/month > finance still wants a cost breakdown > write 6-pager about why we need $2/month > include bar raiser in the review > bar raiser asks "but can we do it for $1.50? we need to be Frugal" > spend another month optimizing to hit $1.50 > ready to deploy again > VP decides we need to "Invent and Simplify" > requests we rebuild the entire thing using a new framework > framework doesn't exist yet > "show some Ownership and build it yourself" > 3 months later, framework is half done > org restructure happens > new manager says this doesn't align with team goals anymore > project cancelled > model never ships > manager gets promoted to L8 for "successfully reallocating resources" > team celebrates with 6-pager retrospective about what we learned > mfw we delivered on all 16 leadership principles > mfw we delivered nothing else > amazon.jpg




Microsoft just dropped a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI and the 40 most secure.



Here’s an app that I’d say is close to finding the line “Wanna see your crush kiss you? AI has got you covered” $70 per year or $10 per week, if you’re wondering (no, I didn’t buy!) 😂



1/ An investigation into how Greavys (Malone Iam), Wiz (Veer Chetal), and Box (Jeandiel Serrano) stole $243M from a single person last month in a highly sophisticated social engineering attack and my efforts which have helped lead to multiple arrests and millions frozen.




















