Yeah exactly. I try very hard to speak last, and only if I think I have a strong contribution. Whether because unique information (which I should share asap!) or some weird subtlety.

“That’s not the way I would do it but also it’s probably not wrong” is a lesson I’ve worked really hard to learn.

This is a thing I find especially hard in *technical* discussions with the team. Just having the position can lead to your ideas being given more weight, even in explicit brainstorming or problem-solving contexts.

You have to build a lot of trust for your team to tell you that you’re wrong.

I agree they're not strictly equivalent, but I think the difference is small enough that it's not a big deal, especially for popular fiction.

Also, audiobooks are popular enough that authors are starting to write for them. Eg I recall John Scalzi saying he writes with his regular narrators in mind

This is much more “product” oriented because, of course, folks are looking for more-or-less off-the-shelf replacements.

“No confidential projects” limits it substantially tho, sigh. Eg I don’t see FB’s internal service discovery framework there, probably bc no one has ever bothered to write it up

Ooh, I don’t know of anyone who has collected that in one place but it would be excellent to see.

The closest I’ve seen is ex-hyperscale folks putting together “alternatives” lists, to help find external replacements for tools they left behind.

Eg: github.com/greko6/xfb2xfb

Also, as mentioned on the next page, “Good manners indicate that the picnic ought to be shared and that those who arrived by aircraft express awe and respect for the accomplishment of the climbers.”