There is a lot of good stuff. What am I missing? For example:
> We managed to partially flip the organizational culture around through clarity and being consistent in communication which resulted in other engineering teams coming to us for advice, education, and mentoring.
It might be cliche, but not enough VP Engineering / leaders do this kind of stuff. They either don't, or try and fail because it is too hard.
Unlike many of the other commenters - I liked this submission - there's no magic - just care about your team. This is one of those times when it's all there in the title.
This post would be insightful if it mentioned what his teammembers did after such a crappy experience. Did they go back to academia, or did they go for another industry job?
I think you’re right. There are problem and actions taken, but no discussion of how those actions paid off other than a couple of pictures showing good will.
This had good parts to it, but it feels like the sum of its parts was less than the whole.
It seems like he is wanting to spend as much time with his kids as possible. https://ghuntley.com/a-new-chapter/. Doesn’t sound like a dump em on the ex, pay no support and f-off scenario.
Whatever he was trying to get across about leadership, did not come through in his writing.
There is a lot of good stuff. What am I missing? For example:
> We managed to partially flip the organizational culture around through clarity and being consistent in communication which resulted in other engineering teams coming to us for advice, education, and mentoring.
It might be cliche, but not enough VP Engineering / leaders do this kind of stuff. They either don't, or try and fail because it is too hard.
One of the worst submissions I've seen to HN lol
Agreed - seemed like some interesting stuff, but not well written. Needs a quality editor and a few more drafts.
Unlike many of the other commenters - I liked this submission - there's no magic - just care about your team. This is one of those times when it's all there in the title.
This post would be insightful if it mentioned what his teammembers did after such a crappy experience. Did they go back to academia, or did they go for another industry job?
I think you’re right. There are problem and actions taken, but no discussion of how those actions paid off other than a couple of pictures showing good will.
This had good parts to it, but it feels like the sum of its parts was less than the whole.
Love the "tour of duty" idea. Also, Chicken Salt for the win!
Change and courage are the deepest of human emotions.
Is change more of an action than an emotion?
It's a well-written story but like other comments are noting there's not an explicit message
Aka the tech industry.
Although, he isn’t a writer, so, with squinting, I appreciate the feeling/motivation.
It's hard to take this guy seriously knowing that part of his story is he traveled Australia in a van for months and basically left his kids behind.
It seems like he is wanting to spend as much time with his kids as possible. https://ghuntley.com/a-new-chapter/. Doesn’t sound like a dump em on the ex, pay no support and f-off scenario.
But it is probably not for us to judge anyway.