Or maybe, because I care about:
- Who am I working to?
- Who am I serving?
- Who are the persons that I'm working with?
Or maybe, I'm curious about the language that your face brings when you said things like:
* "Business is stable. Don't worry."
* "Good job team."
* "We need an extra effort from you guys. This is not about money. It's about our mission"
I definitely agree. If integration and teamwork is required, how would it be possible, if you never saw the face of your partners? I mean, good code is what makes the difference, but still, we are not machines. There's a layer of communication between us, that shouldn't be ignored, which is a part of the bound that a team should have. Just my opinion. Thanks for sharing this, Osiris.
You're right. My Android smartphone as well asks for my interactions in order to allow data transfer, but who knows. I wouldn't take the risk.
What I'd recommend, is to have a "USB condom" (charge-only), in order to ensure physically (besides logically, like you mentioned), that there will be no chance of juicing my data.
Serveless is a sort of a trap.
Maybe a good thing for teams who do not have System Engineers, SREs, SysAdmins, etc., due its pragmatism and less cost of operation and maintaining, but its a blackbox: you don't know exactly what's going on and besides that, you don't know if it is really secure.
Have to really measure the trade-offs of having and not having this technology on your environment. Don't get caught by the buzzword, and try to really understand, benefits and non-benefits of this approach.
As I was reading the article, I started to wonder: is this the Holy Grail of everyone who wants to be disruptive, creative, productive, etc., when it comes to work with tech products?
IMHO, independently of "the hat that one might be wearing", this "Zen of Star-ups" is too much (unnecessary). Dozens of companies forcing this way of life (snacks, beer, parties, video-games, etc.), creating a "cool world", when in fact, it is not. There are investments and decisions affecting the direction of a product (which must be successful for the sake of everyone). There is no paradise in this scenario. This is too serious. Instead of all this "blablabla", why not just keep a serious and cooperative environment? The "Zen of Startup" is a trap (most of the time). Sounds like a lack of reality, which could be addressed by a simple set of values between employer and employees:
- honesty, cooperation, productivity, good compensations and missions
Throw away beers, snacks, spas, video-games, etc. These five things above, are solid enough for a sustainable work environment, and things doing great or not, there's no "Never Land" feeling (no illusion).
Someone has the money, and you might the have the skills that she/he wants. Period. K.I.S.S.
"honesty, cooperation, productivity, good compensations and missions" Competence is a lot more expensive than beer and pizza. And it encourages less time in the office, not more. It's easy to feel assured when everyone is at their desks (doing whatever).
This kind of technology, used by the government without serious restrictions, it's pretty bad and the article describes by itself, situations where it was "not exactly used" to solve crimes, but for monitoring data traffic of cellphones used by people engaged in protests.
However, what scares me the most, is the possibility of such technology falling in the hands of those who are playing dirty 100% of the time, against the society (criminals, mafia, gangs, drug lords, kidnappers, terrorists, etc.).
Or maybe, I'm curious about the language that your face brings when you said things like: * "Business is stable. Don't worry." * "Good job team." * "We need an extra effort from you guys. This is not about money. It's about our mission"