Thu Nov 09 17:27:17 UTC 2017
Yesterday was bad productively speaking. Also, as I started going to sleep I had this familiar feeling of apathy. I can't let that overtake me. Both because it sucks and also because actually beating that feeling back is a super valuable skill to acquire.
So, today I'm going to focus heavily on how I feel, reflect on why, and try to guide my brain to the right place and avoid the wrong places. I think the recent elections (though the results were good) may have really drained me socially. I'm also quite socially active. And though my social endurance is quite high, it is stilla drain on my energy, not a gain. Perhaps my battery needs recharging there.
Also, though I've been using reddit and twitter somewhat responibly, I'm probably overdoing it now. So let's roll that activity back to zero and then my habits will reramp them up from there.
Thu Nov 09 19:35:35 UTC 2017
Forgot to copy over timeblock.
| Time (PDT) | Intention | Revision 1 | Revision 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0000 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 0030 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 0100 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 0130 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 0200 | Trying to sleep | ||
| 0230 | SLEEP | ||
| 0300 | SLEEP | ||
| 0330 | SLEEP | ||
| 0400 | SLEEP | ||
| 0430 | SLEEP | ||
| 0500 | SLEEP | ||
| 0530 | SLEEP | ||
| 0600 | SLEEP | ||
| 0630 | SLEEP | ||
| 0700 | SLEEP | ||
| 0730 | SLEEP | ||
| 0800 | SLEEP | ||
| 0830 | Waking up | ||
| 0900 | Walk to work | ||
| 0930 | PLANNING | ||
| 1000 | Shadow Interview | ||
| 1030 | Shadow Interview | ||
| 1100 | Company All Hands | ||
| 1130 | Company All Hands | ||
| 1200 | Lunch | ||
| 1230 | Lunch | ||
| 1300 | CA-3359 | ||
| 1330 | CA-3359 | ||
| 1400 | CA-3359 | ||
| 1430 | CA-3359 | ||
| 1500 | Social buffer | ||
| 1530 | 1:1 Prep | ||
| 1600 | 1:1 Meeting | ||
| 1630 | ID Mapping Meeting | ||
| 1700 | Walk to the library | ||
| 1730 | CA-3359 | ||
| 1800 | CA-3359 | ||
| 1830 | CA-3359 | ||
| 1900 | Reading | ||
| 1930 | Reading | Walk home | |
| 2000 | Walk home | Future living plans | |
| 2030 | Cooking | Future living plans | |
| 2100 | Cooking | Gaming: Overwatch | |
| 2130 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 2200 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 2230 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 2300 | Gaming: Overwatch | ||
| 2330 | TV | Gaming: Overwatch |
Thu Nov 09 19:36:04 UTC 2017
Already feeling a lot better.
I think feeling like something was done is very valuable, and also where that something was done is important. I need to get work done, and I've been inactive on assigned task, so there was a lack of momentum.
The shadow interview this morning I think provided enough action to give me a feeling of momentum to now apply to the assigned task.
Also, being a part of the interview process has made me think about false positives and false negatives. Now, avoiding false positives is more important than false negatives, based on various logic I agree with, but it occurs to me that the higher the false negative rate is, the higher the likelihood of a false positive, regardless of how unlikely that false positive is.
It's like in medicine. Say a test for an illness is 99.9% accurate if the result is positive. Say that about 1 in 1 million people have that illness. Then say 1 million people are tested. On average there'd be about 100 false positives and (likely) one real positive or (unlikely) one false negative. Meaning that amongst the positives, 99% are false.
Now, this situation is distinctly different from interviewing, because results are far from 99.9% accurate, and positives are not nearly so rare. But positives are still rarer than negatives, and lower accuracy simply furthers this problem.
I think it's a considerable problem that companies don't try to measure their false negatives. At least, I'm not aware of any metrics tracking false negatives in hiring. It seems like it'd require serious resources to measure.
Thu Nov 09 21:34:25 UTC 2017
Thinking about it, I think really the above just means additional measurement of positives. False negatives are important to think about, but not in the way I just stated.