Lea Kissner
@leak.bsky.social
Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
Your books belong in *my* library not *your* home.
(My bookshelves protest otherwise.)
(My bookshelves protest otherwise.)
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Your books belong in *my* library not *your* home.
(My bookshelves protest otherwise.)
(My bookshelves protest otherwise.)
I didn't know you were on here! Long time no see
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I didn't know you were on here! Long time no see
Treating the law as an inflexible programmable automata famously works well. Just ask the guy who my spouse went to grad school with who cutsied himself into prison for tax evasion.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Treating the law as an inflexible programmable automata famously works well. Just ask the guy who my spouse went to grad school with who cutsied himself into prison for tax evasion.
That is somehow worse than the fact that 100% of the tests for the Google RPC libraries back when I maintained them were bash scripts that fired up a client and server and had them send messages to each other
a cup of coffee with a smiley face on the top of it
Alt: a cup of coffee with a screaming face blown into the top of it
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
That is somehow worse than the fact that 100% of the tests for the Google RPC libraries back when I maintained them were bash scripts that fired up a client and server and had them send messages to each other
I'm guessing that things got a smidge personal
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'm guessing that things got a smidge personal
On my next flight the airline will supply pyjamas and slippers. Somehow this is not in my top 100 list of worries about flying in the US.
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
On my next flight the airline will supply pyjamas and slippers. Somehow this is not in my top 100 list of worries about flying in the US.
Is the quote "cryptography reduces everything to a key management problem" or "nobody likes it when I'm right"?
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Is the quote "cryptography reduces everything to a key management problem" or "nobody likes it when I'm right"?
The whole podcast is really excellent, BTW, basically someone being incredibly enthusiastically geeky about all aspects of clothing. "Enthusiastically geeky" is honestly my favorite genre of just about anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The whole podcast is really excellent, BTW, basically someone being incredibly enthusiastically geeky about all aspects of clothing. "Enthusiastically geeky" is honestly my favorite genre of just about anything.
It's also entirely possible that the role someone wants and might be very well suited for doesn't exist in that company. I had someone in my team once who *loved* event planning. That simply wasn't available and I really didn't need event planning, so...
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's also entirely possible that the role someone wants and might be very well suited for doesn't exist in that company. I had someone in my team once who *loved* event planning. That simply wasn't available and I really didn't need event planning, so...
I don't know, but my best uninformed guesses would be conflict-averse management and lack of better roles to suggest. Especially when headcount is tight, someone may not have as many open roles and *need* a particular role filled.
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I don't know, but my best uninformed guesses would be conflict-averse management and lack of better roles to suggest. Especially when headcount is tight, someone may not have as many open roles and *need* a particular role filled.
I don't have data points for most of the US, but when I moved to the Boston suburbs as a kid... well, that's where I learned racial slurs.
(And got called possibly the most illogical slur ever, which takes some doing.)
(And got called possibly the most illogical slur ever, which takes some doing.)
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don't have data points for most of the US, but when I moved to the Boston suburbs as a kid... well, that's where I learned racial slurs.
(And got called possibly the most illogical slur ever, which takes some doing.)
(And got called possibly the most illogical slur ever, which takes some doing.)
My gamer child informs me that "everyone" hates FaZe Rug because they make clickbait videos.
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My gamer child informs me that "everyone" hates FaZe Rug because they make clickbait videos.
Curious how much detail you were hoping for, like "it's a way of storing files in a hierarchy so we can find them again and we want it because... uh... storing things locally is useful because we like to run programs and have data"?
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Curious how much detail you were hoping for, like "it's a way of storing files in a hierarchy so we can find them again and we want it because... uh... storing things locally is useful because we like to run programs and have data"?
Side note for people who are or are interested in being a manager *or* a senior-level individual contributor: I highly suggest Ask A Manager. People-wrangling is hard.
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Side note for people who are or are interested in being a manager *or* a senior-level individual contributor: I highly suggest Ask A Manager. People-wrangling is hard.
I want to help everyone, so I want to help early. But when it comes down to it, I'm responsible to everyone.
This is getting long, so I'm not including my tips for how to run a caring PIP here, but let me know if that's interesting.
/end
This is getting long, so I'm not including my tips for how to run a caring PIP here, but let me know if that's interesting.
/end
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I want to help everyone, so I want to help early. But when it comes down to it, I'm responsible to everyone.
This is getting long, so I'm not including my tips for how to run a caring PIP here, but let me know if that's interesting.
/end
This is getting long, so I'm not including my tips for how to run a caring PIP here, but let me know if that's interesting.
/end
It's very easy for a manager to focus on the person on the PIP and themselves, since they're most immediately involved.
It's recognizing that a manager is responsible to the *whole* team that helped me understand just how critical performance management is.
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It's recognizing that a manager is responsible to the *whole* team that helped me understand just how critical performance management is.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's very easy for a manager to focus on the person on the PIP and themselves, since they're most immediately involved.
It's recognizing that a manager is responsible to the *whole* team that helped me understand just how critical performance management is.
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It's recognizing that a manager is responsible to the *whole* team that helped me understand just how critical performance management is.
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... but when someone persistently isn't pulling their weight, that's not fair to the rest of the team. If the person is being unpleasant or disruptive, that can be even worse. It's really hard on the team to be in the situation where someone needs to be on a PIP.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
... but when someone persistently isn't pulling their weight, that's not fair to the rest of the team. If the person is being unpleasant or disruptive, that can be even worse. It's really hard on the team to be in the situation where someone needs to be on a PIP.
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But I think it's deeply underappreciated how difficult this is for the entire team. Your teammates rely on you. When someone is having trouble, other folks often try to pick up the slack. We're all human and we do this for each other sometimes (my teammates very kindly did this for me recently ♥️)
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
But I think it's deeply underappreciated how difficult this is for the entire team. Your teammates rely on you. When someone is having trouble, other folks often try to pick up the slack. We're all human and we do this for each other sometimes (my teammates very kindly did this for me recently ♥️)
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This absolutely sucks. It's very stressful to be having trouble getting your work done. I would also assume that anything which would lead someone to be intensely unpleasant to their coworkers would be no fun. Being worried for your job is also stressful. Been there (for other reasons). Sucks.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This absolutely sucks. It's very stressful to be having trouble getting your work done. I would also assume that anything which would lead someone to be intensely unpleasant to their coworkers would be no fun. Being worried for your job is also stressful. Been there (for other reasons). Sucks.
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It's hard on the person going through a PIP (obviously). There are two major good reasons that folks end up on a PIP:
1. They're having trouble getting their work done effectively.
2. They are making people around them unhappy (e.g. yelling or other personal interaction issues)
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1. They're having trouble getting their work done effectively.
2. They are making people around them unhappy (e.g. yelling or other personal interaction issues)
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's hard on the person going through a PIP (obviously). There are two major good reasons that folks end up on a PIP:
1. They're having trouble getting their work done effectively.
2. They are making people around them unhappy (e.g. yelling or other personal interaction issues)
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1. They're having trouble getting their work done effectively.
2. They are making people around them unhappy (e.g. yelling or other personal interaction issues)
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