Don Neufeld
@dnf.bsky.social
CEO - @vpe.coach
CTO - Medium, Ohai
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MMO Builder:
EverQuest II, Planetside, Star Wars Galaxies
CTO - Medium, Ohai
VPE - ClassPass, Chartboost
MMO Builder:
EverQuest II, Planetside, Star Wars Galaxies
Why tell one lie when ten lies do trick?
a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window .
ALT: a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Why tell one lie when ten lies do trick?
Amazing! Game on SpaceX.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Amazing! Game on SpaceX.
a man is saying cast it into the fire
ALT: a man is saying cast it into the fire
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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What do you make of this?
What makes people furious is of course how the NYT uses its own wide discretion about what to pursue, what to beat the drum on, when to have qualms about running with something, and when to just put it out there. There’s the rules, and then there’s the rules about when you apply the rules.
here at the Paper of Record, when an open white supremacist leaks someone's college application in an attempt to imply he got unfair race-based special treatment, even though he was rejected, we know what to do: publish it immediately prospect.org/2025/07/09/2...
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What do you make of this?
I think the two groups are talking about different things.
Journalists what to talk about one data point.
Everyone else wants to talk about how the data point fits into the pattern of coverage by the NYT.
I think the Journalists are naval gazing here.
Journalists what to talk about one data point.
Everyone else wants to talk about how the data point fits into the pattern of coverage by the NYT.
I think the Journalists are naval gazing here.
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think the two groups are talking about different things.
Journalists what to talk about one data point.
Everyone else wants to talk about how the data point fits into the pattern of coverage by the NYT.
I think the Journalists are naval gazing here.
Journalists what to talk about one data point.
Everyone else wants to talk about how the data point fits into the pattern of coverage by the NYT.
I think the Journalists are naval gazing here.
I ~hope~ you’re being sarcastic.
Because any competent business definitely knows what it charged for a good last month.
Because any competent business definitely knows what it charged for a good last month.
a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying ok .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying ok .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I ~hope~ you’re being sarcastic.
Because any competent business definitely knows what it charged for a good last month.
Because any competent business definitely knows what it charged for a good last month.
Will this change your position on whether you’ll write for them in the future?
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Will this change your position on whether you’ll write for them in the future?
So then management gets bad performance, and the India team’s answer is “we need more staff” (spoiler - that’s always their answer).
So they get more budget.
Performance does not improve.
Soon the company has a 50 person engineering team in India with the output of ~5 US FTEs - at 5x the cost.
So they get more budget.
Performance does not improve.
Soon the company has a 50 person engineering team in India with the output of ~5 US FTEs - at 5x the cost.
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So then management gets bad performance, and the India team’s answer is “we need more staff” (spoiler - that’s always their answer).
So they get more budget.
Performance does not improve.
Soon the company has a 50 person engineering team in India with the output of ~5 US FTEs - at 5x the cost.
So they get more budget.
Performance does not improve.
Soon the company has a 50 person engineering team in India with the output of ~5 US FTEs - at 5x the cost.
It’s not that there isn’t talent there (India), it’s that:
The best talent works for west coast salaries at local FAANG offices already.
The next best talent is doing a masters at a US university so they can get onto a US immigration visa.
What’s left is just really, really poor quality.
The best talent works for west coast salaries at local FAANG offices already.
The next best talent is doing a masters at a US university so they can get onto a US immigration visa.
What’s left is just really, really poor quality.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It’s not that there isn’t talent there (India), it’s that:
The best talent works for west coast salaries at local FAANG offices already.
The next best talent is doing a masters at a US university so they can get onto a US immigration visa.
What’s left is just really, really poor quality.
The best talent works for west coast salaries at local FAANG offices already.
The next best talent is doing a masters at a US university so they can get onto a US immigration visa.
What’s left is just really, really poor quality.
LOL - no.
I’ve cleaned up many teams that tried that.
Literal engineering disaster porn.
Great for my billings though.
I’ve cleaned up many teams that tried that.
Literal engineering disaster porn.
Great for my billings though.
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
LOL - no.
I’ve cleaned up many teams that tried that.
Literal engineering disaster porn.
Great for my billings though.
I’ve cleaned up many teams that tried that.
Literal engineering disaster porn.
Great for my billings though.
I agree there is a difference.
As for similarities, I think I found one:
As for similarities, I think I found one:
a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I agree there is a difference.
As for similarities, I think I found one:
As for similarities, I think I found one:
If anyone can do it - they can.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If anyone can do it - they can.
Now do his tax returns.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Now do his tax returns.
It’s funny that you think reporters work there.
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s funny that you think reporters work there.