Leadership in the time of the robots

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August 2024

June 2024

Unmasking hiring biases [2/2]: The Usual Suspects. 10 common biases in hiring and how to mitigate them
10 common biases in hiring and how to detect and mitigate them
Unmasking hiring biases [1/2]: Fundamental Practices to prepare your workspace and processes
Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from rationality in judgment, leading to conclusions about people and situations being reached in…
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Carlos Robles
Mapping Your Journey: Understanding Software Engineering Career Levels and Expectations
Some time ago, during a discussion with one of my former managers, we tackled the challenge of devising a hiring plan for an ambitious business…
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Carlos Robles
The Myth of Age Equals Experience
In professional environments it is frequent to talk about years of experience as a measure of the capacitation, expertise or competence of a person. Job…
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Carlos Robles

May 2024

Embracing Feedback: The Cornerstone of Career and Personal Growth
Feedback is a gift.
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Carlos Robles
Adding a table of contents in Substack (with Python)
For some reason, I assume intentionally, Substack doesn’t offer the functionality of adding a table of contents to your post.
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Carlos Robles
Transformers
Let’s break down how transformers and attention mechanisms work, using a simple example related to changing the tone of text.
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Carlos Robles
Improving text -or not- with Large Language Models
Some time ago I saw someone in LinkedIn posting a text and adding “I improved this text with ChatGPT”. The text was fairly simple, profesional but sober…
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Carlos Robles
ChatGPT basics
Capabilities, Applications, and Considerations
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Carlos Robles
Is luck a thing?
What part of success or failure can be attributed to luck, or whether luck exists or not, is a common debate for which there cannot be an absolute…
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Carlos Robles
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