data → information → knowledge → wisdom

FizzBuzz test

Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to 100. But for multiples of three print “Fizz” instead of the number and for the multiples of five print “Buzz”. For numbers which are multiples of both three and five print “FizzBuzz”.

Fizz Buzz Test

Three rules to make decisions like a boss.

  • Rule #1: Make quick decisions. It’s better to be 40% of the times wrong than 90% of the times undecided.
  • Rule #2: Overcome the temptation to stick to yesterday’s wrong decision just to look more consistent. Nobody hired you for consistency, but people will fire you for sticking to wrong decisions.
  • Rule #3: Accept that other people around you follow rule #1. If smart people reject your idea, it doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea.

About SRE

  • Keep the site up
    • Whatever it takes
    • Site unavailable? Our problem, whatever the reason
  • Work at a Large Scale
    • Many services
    • Lots of data
    • Many machines
    • But not so many people (machines:admins > 4000:1)
  • Balance competing demands
    • Improve availability and reachability
    • Enhance functionality
    • Improve efficiency
    • Take on new services (post-launch)

S.M.A.R.T.

Ideally speaking, each corporate, department, and section objective should be:

  • Specific – target a specific area for improvement.
  • Measurable – quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress.
  • Assignable – specify who will do it.
  • Realistic – state what results can realistically be achieved, given available resources.
  • Time-related – specify when the result(s) can be achieved.

Object-Oriented vs. Procedural-Oriented

Procedural code gets information then makes decisions. Object-oriented code tells objects to do things.

— Alec Sharp