Benson Imoh,ST
@stbensonimoh.com
Software Engineer || DevOps Enthusiast || OSS Advocate. Associate Director of Engineering @350.org. Opinions are mine, not my employer's.
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Hey did you know that the two most productive people I have ever had on my teams have been people I was told to fire for performance reasons?
This is why it’s so important to:
1) hear context from previous managers but not anchor to it
2) give people clear feedback and give them a chance
This is why it’s so important to:
1) hear context from previous managers but not anchor to it
2) give people clear feedback and give them a chance
March 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey did you know that the two most productive people I have ever had on my teams have been people I was told to fire for performance reasons?
This is why it’s so important to:
1) hear context from previous managers but not anchor to it
2) give people clear feedback and give them a chance
This is why it’s so important to:
1) hear context from previous managers but not anchor to it
2) give people clear feedback and give them a chance
I’m going to take it easy. We’re all doing this life thing for the first time.
November 12, 2024 at 10:31 AM
I’m going to take it easy. We’re all doing this life thing for the first time.
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The final piece of advice I would like to give to new folks tonight is that Bluesky will be what you make of it. When I came over from the former Twitter, I resolved to be more kind to others here than I was over there. That choice has made being here so much better. Keep it in mind for yourself.
November 7, 2024 at 11:23 PM
The final piece of advice I would like to give to new folks tonight is that Bluesky will be what you make of it. When I came over from the former Twitter, I resolved to be more kind to others here than I was over there. That choice has made being here so much better. Keep it in mind for yourself.
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small update: My role at Block has expanded and I now lead Developer Relations company-wide.
November 8, 2024 at 6:08 PM
small update: My role at Block has expanded and I now lead Developer Relations company-wide.
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Career progression is all about impact, and that increasingly requires a larger scope than any codebase can offer. Open source contributions were my cheat code, which allowed me to keep coding while moving up the ladder, and make an industry impact. Same activities, different impact.
November 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Career progression is all about impact, and that increasingly requires a larger scope than any codebase can offer. Open source contributions were my cheat code, which allowed me to keep coding while moving up the ladder, and make an industry impact. Same activities, different impact.
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A reminder of corporate greed where value-creating-workers are squeezed harder and harder to give even more money to pure-speculating-investors!
October 31, 2024 at 10:54 AM
A reminder of corporate greed where value-creating-workers are squeezed harder and harder to give even more money to pure-speculating-investors!
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I have to be honest. If this Bluesky thing ends up like the tech-twitter I grew up (professionally) with, I may be sharing more of what I do again. The other side is growingly becoming a bit claustrophobic for me with all the extremism, no one seems to be able to agree to disagree anymore.
October 27, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I have to be honest. If this Bluesky thing ends up like the tech-twitter I grew up (professionally) with, I may be sharing more of what I do again. The other side is growingly becoming a bit claustrophobic for me with all the extremism, no one seems to be able to agree to disagree anymore.
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The type of work I do leading Core infra for Google is stressful and can be high stakes, so just having something of my own that’s 100% play and exploration is so cathartic
October 26, 2024 at 3:26 PM
The type of work I do leading Core infra for Google is stressful and can be high stakes, so just having something of my own that’s 100% play and exploration is so cathartic
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Confession: Today I betrayed software engineers everywhere by
A) admitting I could fix a family member’s printer, and then
B) fixing it
All I can be is sorry, and that is all I am.
A) admitting I could fix a family member’s printer, and then
B) fixing it
All I can be is sorry, and that is all I am.
October 24, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Confession: Today I betrayed software engineers everywhere by
A) admitting I could fix a family member’s printer, and then
B) fixing it
All I can be is sorry, and that is all I am.
A) admitting I could fix a family member’s printer, and then
B) fixing it
All I can be is sorry, and that is all I am.
Watching the @nextjs.org conf and loving it.
October 24, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Watching the @nextjs.org conf and loving it.
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Stick to boring architecture for as long as possible, and spend the majority of your time, and resources, building something your customers are willing to pay for.
October 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Stick to boring architecture for as long as possible, and spend the majority of your time, and resources, building something your customers are willing to pay for.
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I pressed the button.
October 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I pressed the button.
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If you’re new on Bluesky here’s a quick video how to set your username to a domain you own
You can also buy a new domain through Bluesky which helps fund the company and network
youtu.be/lP3OVCwyqJA
You can also buy a new domain through Bluesky which helps fund the company and network
youtu.be/lP3OVCwyqJA
Use a custom domain as username on Bluesky
YouTube video by Justin Garrison
youtu.be
October 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
If you’re new on Bluesky here’s a quick video how to set your username to a domain you own
You can also buy a new domain through Bluesky which helps fund the company and network
youtu.be/lP3OVCwyqJA
You can also buy a new domain through Bluesky which helps fund the company and network
youtu.be/lP3OVCwyqJA
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Keep investing in your own website. Best long term investment there is 👍
Bsky is the closest to an “open web” social network which gives me hope it’ll be more resilient than others
Bsky is the closest to an “open web” social network which gives me hope it’ll be more resilient than others
October 21, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Keep investing in your own website. Best long term investment there is 👍
Bsky is the closest to an “open web” social network which gives me hope it’ll be more resilient than others
Bsky is the closest to an “open web” social network which gives me hope it’ll be more resilient than others
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Using DNS for handles is what makes me choose @bsky.app and @atproto.com
October 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Using DNS for handles is what makes me choose @bsky.app and @atproto.com
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I had the reservations so I finally let Twitter go. It's painful to leave behind a quarter million followers but I'm ready to rebuild under my own handle and soon hosting my own data.
Hopefully this means never having to start over again.
Hopefully this means never having to start over again.
October 21, 2024 at 2:08 AM
I had the reservations so I finally let Twitter go. It's painful to leave behind a quarter million followers but I'm ready to rebuild under my own handle and soon hosting my own data.
Hopefully this means never having to start over again.
Hopefully this means never having to start over again.
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Stop only complaining because you gotta do the work no matter what.
October 21, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Stop only complaining because you gotta do the work no matter what.
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It is nice to see so many of the people I enjoyed following on Twitter here. I had missed y’all!
October 21, 2024 at 5:42 AM
It is nice to see so many of the people I enjoyed following on Twitter here. I had missed y’all!
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Advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges is already working!
I need to add it to the code for the devopsdays website! I’ll do it today :)
October 20, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges is already working!
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Now I need to start advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges.
October 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Now I need to start advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges.
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You were born with a super computer the tech industry is spending trillions trying to replicate. Train your own model. Put that real intelligence to work.
October 20, 2024 at 2:11 PM
You were born with a super computer the tech industry is spending trillions trying to replicate. Train your own model. Put that real intelligence to work.
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Blocking and safety aren’t nice to haves- they’re critical user features for social media.
The scales may have tipped towards Bluesky for me in this moment. I want to be safe, I want my friends to be safe.
The scales may have tipped towards Bluesky for me in this moment. I want to be safe, I want my friends to be safe.
Bluesky has the best blocking experience of any social media, hands down. When you block someone, all your interaction goes away, so all the effort jerks put into trolling goes away as well. They hate that. Also, I block quicker and more dispassionately here, so my "chud" experience here is minimal.
October 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Blocking and safety aren’t nice to haves- they’re critical user features for social media.
The scales may have tipped towards Bluesky for me in this moment. I want to be safe, I want my friends to be safe.
The scales may have tipped towards Bluesky for me in this moment. I want to be safe, I want my friends to be safe.
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I forgot what a feed without ads looked like.
October 20, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I forgot what a feed without ads looked like.