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In our third episode, we talk about...

  • Remote Work
  • Interruptions at the office, and why they happen
  • Enterprise sales strategies: Salesforce, Cisco, MySQL
  • The so called "consumerization of IT"
  • Dropbox vs Box, and how notification methods affect adoption
  • The benefits of procrastinating of a production device rather than a consumption device
  • Whipping out a smartphone during a meal vs pulling out a book
  • Kiyoto's Infinite Jest and David Foster Wallace monologue

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In our second episode, we talk about...

  • Our web browser choices
  • Kiyoto's encounter with Blake Ross
  • Kiyoto's humorous computer struggles in the early years of college
  • Our thoughts on programming education
  • Heroku's hiring practices and their guiding principles
  • Tales from Kiyoto's trader days.

Real life intervened for yours truly and we suffered a long hiatus, but we will make a sincere effort to make this a biweekly podcast going forward.

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In our inaugural episode, we talk about information transparency in companies, crossing the chasm in startup hiring, and our thoughts on the oft-quoted "10,000 hour rule" as a prerequisite for proficiency in any subject.

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SHOW NOTES * Stripe email transparency * Galois Corporation * The HP Way * Crossing the Chasm * The trick Max Levchin used to hire the best engineers at PayPal * 10,000 hour rule