Author Archives: aknudson
The City of Akri
In which I show and discuss the map of the City of Akri, from my book, The Tale of Twoshirts. Continue reading
How Twoshirts All Began
Where I discuss how Twoshirts came about. I talk about playing and DMing role playing games, and how that led to finding the little goblin boy named Twoshirts. Twoshirts then asked to be written, and now I’m trying to see if I can get the book published. Continue reading
New Thanksgiving Space Photos!
New observations of the Pleiades cluster, M74 and M77 galaxies, NGC 6888 (the Crescent nebula), and a revisit to the Orion nebula. Continue reading
Engineering Layoffs = More Free Cash Flow
In which I think the findings that 40% of the recent Amazon layoffs further supports the hypothesis that Amazon wants Free Cash Flow to get cash-in-hand, and is willing to risk scaling and/or features for Q4 to get it. Continue reading
So You Want To Be a Manager? What Do You Do If…
Where I give advice for those transitioning from individual contributor roles to management. I use a story to illustrate how to be comfortable with the hard questions, and how to be supportive and honest with your people. Continue reading
New Page: Twoshirts!
Announcing the new page and category: Twoshirts! It’s for discussion and and raising awareness of The Tale of Twoshirts, a planned 5-book young adult humorous cozy fantasy series. Continue reading
About What Andy Said…
Where I discuss “a culture of and,” why Amazon’s leadership principles create that culture, and asking why Andy Jassy creating a culture of or. Continue reading
More on the Amazon Layoffs
In which I discuss what I think could be the reason for the recent Amazon layoffs. Hint: they want cash in hand. Now why would they want cash in hand? Continue reading
You Gotta Do What Makes You Happy
Where I discuss the importance of pursuing personal happiness in work, what it means to be happy, and why you should help people be happy. Leaders check in with their team, because unhappy people are less productive. Perseverance is vital for growth, but leaders need to listen and help solve issues with compassion. Continue reading
Another viral LinkedIn post
I’ve had another one of my posts on LinkedIn go viral: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7388737736590909440/ Turns out, part of the reason why is because I’ve become internet famous: https://www.reddit.com/r/jobs/comments/1oicvgs/18year_amazon_veteran_ive_never_seen_layoffs_this/ I’m amused by the number of people that don’t believe that I’m as old … Continue reading
