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Anna Shipman

Personal blog · annashipman.co.uk/jfdicareerprogramming

Anna Shipman writes JFDI, a personal blog at annashipman.co.uk about career and programming. Since 2013, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Meeting everyone on a new team”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-08, and you can follow it by feed.

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19mentions?
13HN people?
2013–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2019

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked on HN as a post about translating engineering work for executive audiences, per the thread title. The one comment only offers a non-paywalled copy, with no judgement of the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Strategic technology leader

Most-linked posts?

  1. Meeting everyone on a new team
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-09-18
  2. A Year in the Life of an Open Source Lead
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-12-08
  3. Anna Shipman: 1-measure-3-1 method
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. lucidplot · 2026-01-16
    Non-paywalled version: https://www.annashipman.co.uk/jfdi/engineer-exec-translation...

    Comment linking /jfdi/engineer-exec-translation.html

    on “The Engineer to Executive Translation Layer”
  2. craigkerstiens · 2020-09-19

    Submitted Meeting everyone on a new team as a story · 266 points

    HN discussion
  3. Isofarro · 2019-06-21

    Submitted How do you delegate to a group of people? as a story · 120 points

    HN discussion
  4. robin_reala · 2017-12-08

    Submitted A Year in the Life of an Open Source Lead as a story · 51 points

    HN discussion
  5. kiyanwang · 2024-05-12

    Submitted Anna Shipman: 1-measure-3-1 method as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  6. ColinWright · 2020-12-29

    Submitted Turn the Ship Around as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. lifeisstillgood · 2021-12-31

    Submitted Anna Shipman: Why didn't Clojure work concurrently in Vagrant? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. graderjs · 2022-03-10

    Submitted Meeting Everyone on a New Team as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. craigkerstiens · 2020-09-18

    Submitted Meeting Everyone on a New Team as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. ColinWright · 2019-05-23

    Submitted Finance for Non-Accountants as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. yitchelle · 2019-03-31

    Submitted A Year in the Life of an Open Source Lead (2017) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. robin_reala · 2017-09-20

    Submitted How to raise a good pull request (2015) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. timblair · 2015-03-04

    Submitted What is a technical architect? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. BerislavLopac · 2024-05-07

    Submitted 1-Measure-3-1 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. firstSpeaker · 2024-01-21

    Submitted Learning from a Strategy Project as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. firstSpeaker · 2023-05-20

    Submitted Software Architecture Hour with Neal Ford as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. firstSpeaker · 2022-12-12

    Submitted Anna Shipman: What Next for No Next Next? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. robin_reala · 2015-04-21

    Submitted How to raise a good pull request as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. anu_gupta · 2013-11-17

    Submitted How Anonymous Submissions Affected Gender Balance at our Conference as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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