Chelsea Troy
chelseatroy.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2015
Chelsea Troy, a software engineer, writes about programming practice, remote meetings, tech talks, leadership and the effects of AI on work.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend her posts on running meetings with moderators, leveling up as a programmer, and AI's effect on programming jobs.
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- 1Why do remote meetings suck so much? (2018)9 people · 33 points · first shared 2018 · 44 comments on HN
- 2How I prepare a talk for a tech conference (2022)3 people · 240 points · first shared 2022 · 106 comments on HN
- 3How does AI impact my job as a programmer?3 people · 51 points · first shared 2024 · 39 comments on HN
- 4Does AI Benefit the World?3 people · 6 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 5Decision-Making Pitfalls for Technical Leaders3 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 6How do tech companies make money?3 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 7How do we make remote meetings not suck? (2018)2 people · 109 points · first shared 2023 · 103 comments on HN
- 8The Oxymoron of “Data-Driven Innovation”2 people · 96 points · first shared 2021 · 48 comments on HN
- 9What layoffs teach us about technical leadership2 people · 8 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 10Quantifying Technical Debt2 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 11Leveling Up Skill #15: Receiving Feedback2 people · 4 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 12Questions for Prospective Managers2 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 13On offering help that’s helpful2 people · 3 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 14On Code Coverage Tools2 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 15Reviewing Pull Requests2 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
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jasonpeacock · 2023-06-20
Chelsea Troy has a great article describing this exact problem with meetings, and it applies to both remote & in-person meetings:
https://chelseatroy.com/2018/03/29/why-do-remote-meetings-suck-so-much…
And then she describes the solution - assign a moderator to your meetings:
https://chelseatroy.com/2018/04/05/how-do-we-make-remote-meetings-not-…
Just like we all know that meetings are better with agendas, notes, and action items, having a moderator also important.
frakt0x90 · 2022-02-14
Chelsea Troy, a Staff Engineer at Mozilla, keeps a blog where a lot of her posts work through various aspects of this book. I've really enjoyed reading them.
https://chelseatroy.com/
yumaikas · 2020-05-03
Also, I think it's highly worth reading https://chelseatroy.com/2018/04/20/leveling-up-a-guide-for-programmers…
goldfishgold · 2024-07-14
A caucus is defined and discussed in the previous post: “A caucus (and specifically an unmoderated caucus) is a type of meeting with no rules about who talks in what order or for how long.”
Agreed the post is confusing and could have used a summary of the preceding piece to be intelligible.
https://chelseatroy.com/2018/03/29/why-do-remote-meetings-suck-so-much…
scubbo · 2024-06-05
It's too late to edit this comment, but, on the theme of "Make yourself a Tech Lead of a bunch of (AI) developers" - this article[0] is a good explanation
[0] https://chelseatroy.com/2024/05/26/how-does-ai-impact-my-job-as-a-prog…
gammarator · 2022-02-13
This (pre-pandemic!) blog post highlights exactly what you describe--that active moderation is needed to make remote meetings successful, and that there are lessons for in-person meetings also:
https://chelseatroy.com/2018/03/29/why-do-remote-meetings-suck-so-much…