Tag Archives: Modern Fuedalism

Get Me Out Of Data Hell — Ludicity

The Pain Zone… is an enterprise data warehouse platform. At the small scale we operate at, with little loss of detail, a data warehouse platform simply means that we copy a bunch of text files from different systems into a … Continue reading

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OKAY | Why the status quo is so hard to change in engineering teams

Before we talk about how to prevent it, let’s see how learned helplessness can happen in a development team. There are 2 main patterns: Pattern #1: Process-related Learned Helplessness In this case, the team needs to follow processes that have … Continue reading

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The Two Middle Classes – Quillette

The struggle between the two middle classes is not just a matter of wealth and power, but also of retaining the social basis for democracy itself. Without a strong, independent middle class operating outside the control of large institutions, be … Continue reading

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