Eiffel's Tower | Nickolas Means |
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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When Gustave Eiffel built his namesake tower, it was nearly twice as tall as the tallest structure on Earth. His crews built it in an astounding 22 months, pioneering new construction techniques to deliver it in time for the opening of the 1889 Exposition Universelle. It was amazing then, and it’s just as captivating today.
We all say we want to do groundbreaking work, just like Eiffel, but what does it actually take to push an organization forward? The answer starts long before the work itself. Let’s see what we can learn from how Gustave Eiffel went about building his record-shattering tower.
About Nickolas Means
Nickolas Means loves nothing more than a story of engineering triumph (except maybe a story of engineering disaster). When he's not stuck in a Wikipedia loop reading about plane crashes, he spends his days as a Senior Engineering Manager at GitHub. He works remotely from Austin, TX, and spends most of his spare time hanging out with his wife and kids, going for a run, or trying to brew the perfect cup of coffee.
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Very inspirational whilst also being entertaining. You may be an awesome leader and an ace coder but I think you've missed your calling. This wasn't the first of your presentations that I have watched and all were equally so interesting, informative and relevant to your purpose that not only did I watch them all in their entirety, I was surprised at how quickly the time passed. Amazing
That's so amazing that I'm not the only one thinking like that. He is great
"I actually don't have time to tell you about the elevators today...."
NNOOOOOOOOOOO
this man is an awesome presenter! i would love to hear more interresting storys by him
I love his aviation stories, so good!
And his story of the 3 mile island - amazing!
How does this _superb_ talk have so few views?! All Devs should watch it. Thanks Nick! 🗼
I know right I've just spent the afternoon watching all of his talks very informative.
Great conversation. Something as a leader in the military taught me, the perpetual heat shield so that the troops stay protected and productive. It applies everywhere in any field.
this talk is awesome, thank you, Nickolas 🐱
Eiffel Tower is officially a super tall by skyscraper standards in 2020 (300 meters). Yet built in 1800's wow.
Australia broke this only in 2005 for the first time (Q1) Then for a second time in 2020 (Australia 108). Just 2 in total over 300m.
I love every one of these Nicholas Means talks. BUT man, my skin crawls with every sip n' gulp of water...it's...just...yeah...
gulp is gulp 😂
S-A-M-E here! It’s so.... cringy, I’d say, it’s the best word to describe it.
Lol, he needs a push-to-talk button. Great talk otherwise!
Power BUT!
Every gulp this guy has taken helped make him a Billionaire.... Sooo drink it in 🤣
12:45 the guillotine is also my favourite.
36:28 I am not so sure if this was really the case. From what I read the main reason why they didn't tear it down was the strategic importance of the military radio antenna on the top.
This is so helpful to me - and I don't write code.
You don't need to code or even be a team leader to benefit from good advice. It's about being a good example of a human no matter what you do: cook a meal, sell a refrigerator, inspire a team of hundreds of people, or build the tallest building in the world. We are all on the same side at the end of the day.
Funny, the contract is signed by Eugène Poubelle, the préfet de Paris, whose name now means "trash can".
7:27 300m =100 feet? What Kind of feet do the french have?
1000 feet
300m should be more then 3000 feet, as a meter is a french yard and slightly longer then a proper yard.
@@ARockRaiderno it’s not. 1m is about 3,28 feet. So 300m are about 985 feet. If what you said was true a foot would be about 4inches.
@@DanWi90 woops, for some reason my brain did x30 instead of x3.
i blame decimal contamination!
1063', or more like almost 325 m.
9:02 Radio Transmissions for the Eiffel Tower in 1889?
While Marconi only successfully demonstrated radio transmission over long distance in 1895, two decades earlier in April 1872 William Henry Ward received U.S. Patent 126,356 for a wireless telegraphy system. The theory of long-distance radio was around _long_ before the Eiffel Tower was built. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_radio
@@dwylhq874 It still seems a bit early, as radio wasn't rally used before Marconi from what I know. In a document called "All you need to know about the Eiffel Tower" it says on page 11 that the first wireless telegraph link over 4 km was installed in 1898 (I can't post the link here, but it's easy to find with google).
31:57 "it requires you to exercise empathy and compassion".. networking, self-promotion, negotiation,...
let's be honest. how many of us went to study informatics because we don't like doing these social thing or we are not good at it?
I always hoped IT sector is fact-based...
That Jason Fried quote did not age well 😅
The mixing of metric and imperial measurements is quite frustrating. Ask NASA about the Mars Orbiter why this is a really bad thing.
America’s taste is still not developed. 🤪
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