Mo Tiwari - Taro 7_15_24.pdf - Google Drive
Efficiency Tips for Engineers Mo Tiwari mo@openai.com Taro, 7-15-24 ● OpenAI ● PhD in Computer Science (2023) ● Industry ○ Facebook (2015 - 2017) ○ Expanse (2014 - 2015) ○ DRW (2013) ● BS in Math and Physics (2013) Introduction ● Things I wish I had known 20 years ago ● Strategy: ○ Principles for efficiency ● Operations: ○ Systems that make things faster/easier/cheaper ● Tactics: ○ Apps and specific techniques I use Outline High-level Strategy ● Determine what's important ● On your deathbed, what do you want to say you have done? ● Write down your goals, and stick them on your desk ○ Spend time with friends and family ○ Exercise ○ Finish your work project ● Everything else, cut as much as possible Strategy ● You would run a profiler to see where code spends its time ● Profile yourself! ● Self-logging post hoc is notoriously unreliable ● RescueTime: ○ Highest productivity at 80% ○ Good weeks are around ~65% ● Is your time spent aligned with your goals? ● Organize and build systems ● How
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