Author: Tony Tam
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“Getting More” book: be dispassionate
Pg. 72 What is the response to the statement “You’re an idiot”? The right answer is “Why do you think I’m an idiot?” The best negotiators are dispassionate, and continue to ask questions.
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Measuring Value Of Time Part 1/4
Time is one of the most valuable asset a human being has. There is a finite amount of time each day. There is a finite of time in our lifetime. And once the moment passes, you can not get it back no matter who you are and no matter how much power or money you…
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Taking Ownership Of Your Career
I have been mentoring several engineers and a common theme has emerged. We often don’t spend enough time actively managing our own career. These are the positive steps you should ask yourself. 1) The things I am working on right now, are they important and will they help further my career? 2) If they are…
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Living The Future (“I choose, write”)
This is a 30 minute piece of fictional story that C. and I are working on. She picks a word like ‘Newspaper’ and I write a 400 word story using that word as a central theme. I picked “eraser” for her. We call this series: “I choose, you write” —— Rusty looked in the mirror and…
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Lost In Bamboo
He has not seen them this tall before. The bamboo trees are 70 feet tall. They filled the plot of land in front of him in clusters of 5 to 10 trees. He has always loved bamboo. The sound of the leaves rustling in the wind in the afternoon when the would come to cool…
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I Believe In Consistency And Persistence
Many aspects of my life are based on 2 simple concepts: consistency and persistence. I have been working for Yahoo! as a software engineer for over 11 years now. I have consistently delivered results regardless of what project I work on. My co-workers and management can trust me with the most important projects. Without fail,…
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Check My Ego At The Door
In the abstract Today I reminded myself that I’m an average person. I often fall into the trap of being too wrapped up in my own head. As humans, we try to have empathy for other people. We try to put ourselves in other people’s shoes, but we then quickly get back into our own…
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NYTimes: Google and Mozilla Announce New Privacy Features
As a technologist, I like the proposal to use HTTP header to convey a preference. With any proposals, there will be people who have other ideas. I wonder first who made the decision, how did he communicate the process, and finally made the call. MEDIA DECODER BLOG: Google and Mozilla Announce New Privacy Features Mozilla…
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Solution Architect: 2nd week iteration on my job at Yahoo!
(Jardin des Tuileries) It has been an exciting 2 weeks for me in my new role as a Solution Architect for Yahoo! Media I have been meeting with a few of our customers which has helped me firm up my thinking of how to approach this role. I break it down into 3 areas. How…
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Soft Skills Of A Software Architect
I will not try to repeat what a software architect is, you can read it here at wikipedia There are various types of architects. Solutions Architect Enterprise Architect Application Architect Systems Architect A large part of the duties of an architect in a large organization is to design and to communicate. In my experience as…