I wrangle complexity. CEO @timestudy. 4x Founder. #AI ComputerScientist. SystemsThinker. | Blog @bigthinkingIO
Richmond, VA
Joined September 2008
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I’m currently most active on Bluesky, IG, Threads, and LinkedIn. You can find me as ‘kishau’ across platforms. Stay connected👇🏽
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Kamala Harris threw that hair in a ponytail, put on a hoodie, threw some greens in the tub and said y’all can have this shit..
Since the 1700s, my family has lived here, in Virginia specifically (the colony AND commonwealth), some even earlier. So I doubt I’ll ever fully leave 🇺🇸, and I plan to channel this energy productively, once I’ve moved through the stages of grief (current stage: anger…no, rage)
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I’m incredibly proud of you @KamalaHarris. In just 100 days, you ran a remarkable campaign while facing relentless criticism. You showed up fully and overqualified and gave it your all. You ran a beautiful, powerful campaign; this is not on you.
When I think of leaving the US, I’m reminded that anti-blackness is global (and systemic). You know it’s bad when a subtler strain of the same disease starts to look appealing.
“I've never been bored in my life, man. I'm an orchestrator, a musician, a producer. I love everything. I've studied languages from Farsi to Greek to French, Swedish, Russian... How can you get bored?” ~Quincy Jones #RIP
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Stumbled across notes from my first @RenderATL (always keep your notes!). From @kishau :
"Don't create glass ceilings for yourself by being an ineffective communicator and not being a good storyteller... If you make a technology choice, be able to talk through the alternatives you didn't pick and why"
still true and relevant for my current role I didn't even have then🙏🏾
The 5-star rating system is broken. I recently noticed a scathing 4-star review
NEW SCALE
0 = Didn’t bother to rate
1 = Lawsuits incoming
2 = Someone died
3 = Someone got hurt
4 = It was bad
5 = Not horrible, not necessarily perfect, and I’m avoiding retaliation, so here we are.
Kishau Rogers retweeted
"The artificial intelligentsia is dragging us into an archaic future where intelligence is quantified, fixed, and ranked, and smartness is fetishized. We would do well to remember that IQ is, above all, a eugenic concept." @ruha9 explores AI evangelists. lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
I stopped reading at point #1; it’s not only ridiculous, but also illegal.
some of my notes from the Art of Hiring event earlier today:
@rabois
- don't hire anyone over the age of 30
- recruiters are probably ineffective but still important b/c they drive hiring momentum
- it takes 3-30 mins to evaluate someone (probably 3 though)
- undiscovered talent is mispriced. interns can be MVPs on teams
- people who positively manipulate the world around them are great hires
@bchesky
- goal is to have smallest team possible (i.e. be the Navy SEALs... not the Navy)
- be careful of B players. The old saying "A players hire A players B players hire C players" should go like "A players hire A players....and B players hire LOTS of C players b/c they are so bad"
- be in the details. so much so that people complain. and then be in even more details.
- when hiring someone, they are guilty until proven innocent. someone should be selling their case on why to join.
@eglyman
- looks for "aliens" and/or exceptional candidates with little competition
- ranks candidates "strong no, no, yes, strong yes". won't hire people who have all yeses.
- recommended to read great books on this like: Wooden on Leadership, Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success, High Output Management, and The Score Takes Care of Itself
@mike_sheb
- be a broken record. constantly repeat why you are here (mission, goals, etc.)
- sweat the small stuff
- ask candidates if they are in the phase of their lives where they can work like an olympian to help screen people out.
My brother is doing some amazing work in indie game development. 👇🏽
This weeks winner for MM's Showcase is solo dev, @tscombo80, with Universal Rivals! Universal Rivals is a 3D, 1v1 arena fighter. It is currently in development. Show support by following and keeping up with development on the game.
I am excited to see more and a Steam page
The only reason I keep this account is to publicly call out vendors with poor CS support channels (amazing how they only respond to public complaints). e.g. @Amazon sent me a replacement package after I tweeted the below msg, then they charged me (again) months later. IKYFL.
Live shot of this @Amazon driver heading back to his vehicle after dropping off my package. Why does everything smell like weed?
Kishau Rogers retweeted
Former President Jimmy Carter is 100 years old today! Join us in honoring our visionary co-founder, America’s humanitarian-in-chief. No other U.S. president has lived so long or done so much good for so many after leaving office. bit.ly/3zFj0Pf
