How to hire great software engineers in two simple steps:
1. Hire machine learning engineers
2. Convert them into software engineers
I’ve been mulling over some thoughts on company culture for a while, so decided to get them down on paper. Learn why I don’t think good company culture exists:
scattered.substack.com/p/goo…
Buying books from Amazon should have a forced cooldown period.
I have been locked into the “buy book -> see interesting recommendations -> buy book” dopamine cycle one too many times
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“Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a deployment to succeed first time” - direct quote from the engineer bible
We are doing some very exciting things @TrueLayer. We just launched PayDirect, our answer to card payments, and we have much much more in store. 🚀
Get in touch if you want to use @rustlang to build the future of payments!
My team at @TrueLayer is hiring (again) @rustlang engineers!
We are looking for a tech lead and five backend engineers (London and Milan) to work on our payments product😁
apply.workable.com/truelayer…
If you are curious, slide in my DMs 📥
Rust experience is NOT a requirement.
Stories from the front line. How to make a Tech Lead happy - tell them that you drastically shrunk the size of a model, so we no longer need to worry about memory consumption in k8s
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Warning - do not watch @wes_kao’s talk on storytelling a week before you need to give a talk of your own. I now have a presentation to rewrite. youtube.com/watch?v=-W7Sk4g1…
Effective company culture is opinionated. It means picking sides and making trade offs. It should be tailored to the landscape you operate in, and the unique challenges you face. Middle of the road culture leads to middle of the road outcomes.
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Really proud of what we have accomplished here, and looking forward to seeing what our customers build!
We're pleased to introduce the Insights API💡which enables you to retrieve actionable information about the income and spending patterns of your users. It unlocks a number of powerful use cases such as credit decisioning, investment allocation, and more! bit.ly/2DcIYw3
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I have seen many in my corner of tech Twitter who have either been furloughed or laid off.
We are in a lucky position here at TrueLayer - we haven't been directly impacted and we are still hiring in both London and Milan.
If you are looking, my DMs are open.
Wol Akec retweeted
The #coronavirus has caused widespread upheaval for businesses in the UK, and among those is fintech @TrueLayer. In the first in a series of #startup case studies, we find out how the company has responded.
verdict.co.uk/truelayer-coro…
This is just the beginning, Sudan has a long way to go, but i’m so proud of what you have all accomplished. “Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, and stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools”. If - Rudyard Kipling
#BlueforSudan
#IAmTheSudaneseRevolution
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Don't forget for a second that Darfur, South Sudan, and the decentralized people in Sudan have suffered the worst of this regime.
We've been asking for international attention for months when we've been ignoring them for decades.
#BlueForSudan
#SudanUprising