Minnebar 18
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Published April 23, 2024
Author’s note: Minnebar 18 was this past weekend. This is what I jotted down on my phone at the event. I did take a few photos, but they were mostly of the slides (since they weren’t recorded this year) and none really capturing the event itself.
Solid coffee & donuts.
A Series of Irrational Acts - Lessons Learned from 3.1 Silicon Valley Startups (Alex Bangs)
- complementary skills & common values (founders & early hires)
- everyone vests (what if they don’t like it)
- money raised, cash on hand, burn rate, when to expect profitability?
- be intentional about creating culture
- closed loop feedback (gripe sessions, surveys, etc)
- “pit of success”
Alt text for fun and profit (Jenn Czeck, Jess Schalz)
- the WHY of the image
- ALWAYS include any text (if it can be read, it should be there)
- screen readers cannot skip through it
- WCAG reqs it
- TIL it’s indexed by search engines?
They ran out of coffee. :(
The Future of Energy and the 40X Problem (David Koerner)
- 75f.io
- “peak oil”
- 70TW annually, which is 40x
- 10x today, 4x for tomorrow
Good pizza & major melon Mtn Dew.
Recruiting Hacks: Tips for Leaders, Hiring Managers and Senior Team Members to Boost the Talent Hunt (Paul DeBettignies)
- MN Headhunter blog
- prediction: great resignation the sequel
- “why work for you”
- tech stack vs bullet points
- send tech folk to job fairs
- create a video
- post m/q/y
- attend/host events
- sponsor events
- create a deck
- post team screenshot
- newsletter
- coffee shop talks (chat when not hiring)
- (fill your) linkedin profile out
- sourcing: linkedin, github, etc
- do recruiting like a product
- apply for a role at own org
How To Fail A Long Distance Thru-Hike (Kelly Heikkila)
- FarOut app
- don’t pack your fears
- ramen bomb: ramen + mashed potatoes
- TIL search & rescue insurance
- “hiker boxes” kinda like lost & found for sharing gear/food etc
rideshare.coop: A More Cooperative Ride Sharing Experience (David Duccini)
- driver cancellations
- min fares != take home pay (for low rated drivers)
- mileage, time, and carbon if Uber + Lyft leave
- trustworthiness is at risk
- TIL dupe mileage across apps
HOW TO NOT BE WRONG ABOUT DATES (Rogers George)
- date vs datetime
- using magic numbers
- Buddhist vs Gregorian calendar
- physical time vs calendar time (“dates” is overloaded)
- in time: count from zero
- clock/calendar: landmarks in time
- different kings, different eras
- TIL modulo 400 leap year rule?
- UTC atomic second, GMT solar second
Happy hour was neat. Bummer it wasn’t kept onsite at Best Buy HQ, but offsite probably meant cheaper.
Last modified April 23, 2024 #draft