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Kate Heddleston
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Kate Heddleston writes KateHeddleston.com Blog Posts, a personal blog at kateheddleston.com about culture and career. Since 2015, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “Becoming a 10x Developer”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Kate Heddleston's essay "The Null Process", which argues that workplaces that fear unnecessary process end up with no process, and that a set way of doing things exists anyway.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Becoming a 10x Developer6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2018-03-12
- The Null Process (2015)3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2019-12-13
- Argument Cultures and Unregulated Aggression2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-13
- Improving Diversity Does Not Mean Lowering the Bar2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-11-19
- The Null Process2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-04-09
What Hacker News says?
It sounds like our experiences were similar; I was very anti-process, but now see the value. I read about a really interesting concept - "the null process" [0] - recently. The idea is that there is always a set way of doing things (a process) whether it's documented or not. [0] - https://kateheddleston.com/blog/the-null-process
Comment linking /blog/the-null-process
on “Lessons from “The Profit””Submitted The Null Process (2015) as a story · 62 points
HN discussionI always liked this essay about "The Null Process" [1] which touches on some of the same topics: >> Our fear of "unnecessary process" has created workplaces with something worse than bad process: no process. I call these types of processes "null processes," and they are rampant at startups and technology companies. [1] https://www.kateheddleston.com/blog/the-null-process
Comment linking /blog/the-null-process
on “How to identify an immoral maze”Submitted Becoming a 10x Developer (2018) as a story · 54 points
HN discussionSubmitted Argument Cultures and Unregulated Aggression as a story · 47 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming a 10x Developer as a story · 37 points
HN discussionSubmitted Social Norms and Gendered Expectations as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted A 10x engineer is someone who makes those around them 10x better as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming a 10x Developer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming a 10x Developer: How to Be a Better Teammate as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Improving Diversity Does Not Mean Lowering the Bar as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Modern Day Take on the Ethics of Being a Programmer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming a 10x Developer as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming a 10x Developer as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Criticism and Ineffective Feedback as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Null Process (2015) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Null Process as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Retention and the Cross-Generational Pipeline as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Null Process as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Criticism and Ineffective Feedback as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Argument Cultures and Unrelated Agression as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Null Process (2015) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Retention and the Cross-Generational Pipeline as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hiring More Diversity Does Not Mean Lowering the Bar as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Our Engineering Environments Are Killing Diversity: Introduction as a story · 1 points
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