Tajh Taylor

@TajhTaylor

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  1. 3 hours ago

    Now let’s talk about where they got their seed money.

    These 4 companies are collectively worth more than $8 trillion. Here’s where they got their start:
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  2. Retweeted
    Jul 2

    Literally a month ago, to me: "You are going to have to keep saying things over and over across all comms channels, and to you it'll feel really repetitive but it won't to everyone else."

    Thing I wish I'd learned earlier in my career: If it's important and you want it to be heard, you need to say it many more times than you think you do. In every medium. And you can only have 1-2 important messages in rotation at a time + have people hear them. Choose wisely!
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  3. Jun 25

    Well this seems noteworthy

    AWS has acquired encrypted messaging service Wickr by
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  4. Retweeted
    Jun 16

    Also: "72% of Black, 68% of Hispanic and 65% of Asian respondents are actively looking or considering looking for new opportunities in the coming year, compared with 51% of white employees surveyed"

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  5. Retweeted
    Jun 16

    Asian, Black, and Hispanic workers have higher senses of belonging when working remotely (and v. high percentages want flexible working futures)

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  6. Retweeted
    Jun 16

    Slack's Remote Employee Experience Index has been surveying 10k+ employees in 6 countries over the course of the pandemic; tons of really interesting insights — like the fact that 21% are currently looking for a new job:

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  7. Jun 10

    So… no new 16” MBP or new Apple chip. Should I upgrade my 8 yo MBP to the 13” M1 MBP or hold out for a September announcement? Decisions, decisions…

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  8. Jun 7

    In writing, balancing precision against verbosity is an eternal struggle. Good writing delivers consistent, coherent understanding without excess wordiness.

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  9. Jun 5

    I’m going to refrain from the obvious Snowflake joke

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  10. Retweeted
    Jun 3

    “We’re actually highly sympathetic to diversity but we just don’t want that to override merit" 🗣️ Underrepresented people in tech are not underqualified!!! We are underestimated. We are overlooked.

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    Diversity shouldn't "override" merit in hiring decisions, says Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman. And he tells other CEOs agree with this privately, despite what they may say publicly
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  11. Retweeted
    Jun 1

    🌈This is an image of an enormous jet streaming outward from the first known quasar, 3C 273. Stretching across more than 100,000 light years of space, this rainbow of color represents the jet's assorted light waves: X-ray (blue), visible (green/yellow), infrared (yellow/red).

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  12. May 29

    The data scientists will probably find the truth anyway

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  13. May 29

    Best to lie to them rather than stay silent 🥴🥴🥴🥴

    Text that says: Jack Menzel, a former vice president overseeing Google Maps, admitted during a deposition that the only way Google wouldn't be able to figure out a user's home and work locations is if that person intentionally threw Google off the trail by setting their home and work addresses as some other random locations.
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  14. May 29

    🥴🥴🥴

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  15. May 23

    This is not a good password policy.

    A password policy that says “Passwords are case-sensitive and must: Be 8 to 12 characters in length. Include at least 1 letter and 1 number. Contain no spaces. Maximum of 3 consecutive characters.”
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  16. May 21

    Wealth shown to scale

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  17. Apr 25

    I have a late 2012 Mac Mini that's mostly collecting dust and slow as molasses. What should I do with it?

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  18. Retweeted
    Apr 22

    There are 705,749 people in DC and 501,947 of them are active, registered voters. The bill would give them full representation in Congress.

    🚨ALERT: U.S. House PASSES to grant . The bill passed 216 to 208 along party lines and now goes to the Senate in the next step to create the 51st state.
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  19. Retweeted
    Jan 19

    Machine learning

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  20. Apr 15

    A great opportunity to work for the advancement of racial justice for senior technology folks! Happy to answer questions about what it's like to work as a CTO in progressive politics, too.

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