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the ssa page of baby names is super interesting and a lot richer than this link alone:

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/

you can look up popularity of any name over the past 100+ years, top names in every year since the 1900s, some modest visualizations, etc

Oddly enough the gluten free ones are proudly labeled gluten free.

It’s been a great opportunity for me to finish several half completed gardening projects. Don’t know if any studies have been done on this, but for me personally, digging in dirt for an hour every day has the same mood improvement benefits as exercise.

I believe you’re referring to a story about Target from a few years back:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...

I don’t know that having a clear mission adds much to happiness at work unless it’s coupled with proper execution; otherwise it’s just a stream of frustrations. Also I’d imagine most blue collar jobs have pretty clearly stated missions, so to speak. Make people’s yards beautiful. Build beautiful houses.

Based on personal observations, I’d say the thing that makes the biggest difference in terms of work satisfaction/“happiness” is pride in your work. In the past few months alone I’ve had numerous delightful conversations with cafeteria workers about the food they are serving; and some with goodwill workers on the store layout they’ve helped plan and items they’ve curated. Contagious enthusiasm, definitely more than I experience in planning meetings and company all hands.

I agree on both counts. In fact, the examples of constructive feedback the article provides seem fairly worthless. If your advice is that the candidate should try doing some problems on leetcode in order to be successful in your interview process, then that's something you'd ideally mention prior to the interview, as a suggestion on how they should prepare.

I think FAANG do a really good job of preparing you for exactly what kinds of questions to expect as well as resources to study for them. That also generally reduces the need for feedback afterwards.

I often read about moms feeling bad because of other moms' perfectly curated instagram feeds. As someone who doesn't remember ever feeling instagram envy - and btw all photos of my adorable children that I post are adorable :) - I must admit I'm envious of people whose feelings of sadness and inadequacy are cased by things farther removed from day to day life. For me the most disheartening feelings are usually the result of interactions with people close to me, mother and mother in law particularly so. Nine years after becoming a parent I still am unable to not let it phase me when my mother says "oh, they never act in this [terrible] way when you're not around" or when my mother in law asks "oh, did you want to brush her hair before the family photo?" "did you want me to get some cute plates for her birthday party so she feels special?". I'm sure much it can be helped by me just growing thicker skin - but I do feel lonelier sometimes when I think, people worry about instagram, they don't often talk about family making them feel like they are not good enough, I guess it is me.

One question I like to ask is "Tell me about the worst day (work-wise) you've had in the last six months." Most of the answers I've had gotten generally have to do with escalations and I find that answers are quite honest and unpracticed. I think the way a team/company handles an unusual high-stress situation is in many ways telling of the team/company dynamic in general. And as a bonus, there's usually a good anecdote about a buried body or two in their codebase, process, you name it.

Throw in + and I think this covers close to 100% of things I've ever had to grep. Very nice little tutorial/refresher.

One thing I don’t see pondered upon as much as Mr Darcy’s wealth is what did their expenses look like (other than Lydia’s dresses). How much was the upkeep of Pemberley? How much did the housekeeper earn? Bingley is generous and a spender. Every re-read (and there have been many) I wish I had more detail on their budgets.