> AWS purportedly puts design documents forward in the form of six-pagers. They start meetings with a 20 minute silent reading session. It's like the book club from hell.
>> Not just AWS- that's an Amazon-wide technique. And it's freaking amazing. You should try it.
I half wonder if in lecture format, a silent 60 minute reading session would be more productive. Lecturer is available to answer questions but other than that the textbook is the guide.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20980025&ref=hvper.com&...
> AWS purportedly puts design documents forward in the form of six-pagers. They start meetings with a 20 minute silent reading session. It's like the book club from hell.
>> Not just AWS- that's an Amazon-wide technique. And it's freaking amazing. You should try it.