Taking a break from managing eng orgs to write code at Nitid. Formerly eero, Amazon, Twitter, Xmarks. Author of @scalingteams.
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Joined February 2008
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David Loftesness retweeted
I talk to so many tech leaders at huge companies every week. One of the most brutal failure patterns for executive teams right now is thinking that AI is like SOC 2 compliance: a new checkbox item that they have to allocate some resources to, to make their governance people happy. They think, we'll get AI "done" in Q3 or Q4 and finally be able to move on to other stuff.
What they don't see is that their entire company is going to change shape over the next few years, regardless of what they think, or want. Their current hierarchy will be gone, nearly unrecognizable from what gets rebuilt in its ashes. Everyone will be conducting their business VERY differently from how they do it today.
AI not some compliance drill. Leaders need to get in front of this situation before it overwhelms them.
David Loftesness retweeted
It’s a common question from ICs: How do I know if I’m ready to manage? “You’re ready if you understand from the beginning that you’re going to be managing in three directions,” says @dloft.
-Your team
-Your peers
-Your manager
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David Loftesness retweeted
What if the objective function for a general AI was “distribute luck evenly”
David Loftesness retweeted
My manager thinks I shouldn’t work in #SFUSD (and I have no idea why). I, my colleagues, mentors, and students all disagree. If you live in SF, and if you care about such things, maybe consider saying something? ebar.com/news/commentary//31…
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go @tumocenter - “how high school students are using cutting-edge tech to preserve ancient armenian history” fastcompany.com/90657909/how…
David Loftesness retweeted
At a dinner chat a month ago, had a good convo about topics that are super important but rarely get discussed/written about, including (h/t @dloft, @kimber_lockhart), working effectively with executive assistants. So I wrote something!
lethain.com/executive-assist…
David Loftesness retweeted
"Fostering an understanding of what each team does and what their challenges are is a great way to sidestep factions down the road," says @dloft. He and @klangberater share how @geteero, @amazon and @issuu used onboarding rotations to create cohesion. firstround.com/review/our-6-…
David Loftesness retweeted
We’ve got some big news: press.aboutamazon.com/news-r…. By joining the Amazon family, we’re excited to learn from and work closely with a team that is defining the future of the home, accelerate our mission, and bring eero systems to customers around the globe.
David Loftesness retweeted
I built a thing and wrote about it: Garbagedog: How eero does continuous monitoring of Java garbage collection blog.eero.com/garbagedog-eer…
David Loftesness retweeted
“We’re excited about the security benefits WPA3 provides and will implement these new features to all eero networks through an eventual over-the-air software update.” blog.eero.com/everything-nee…
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Teamable raises $5 million Series A led by True Ventures tcrn.ch/2o5mSy6 by @cookie
David Loftesness retweeted
Disarm factions to help your company scale (ft. @scalingteams' @dloft and @klangberater, new on @Firstround Review) firstround.com/review/fighti…
David Loftesness retweeted
Cocky or confident? How I raised $400k+ in minutes with a cash flow positive business and got called cocky for it. xitter.cf/thepitchfm/status/8192…
Season 2 is now live! 🎧 Episode 1, this founder has a great business but will her attitude be her own worst enemy itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
