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thr0way120

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    Comment #44611576

    The algorithm is far worse than people realize. It is a pan-platform behavioral nudge strategy to contain people to behave a specific way and box them in. It is an effective social…

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    Comment #40558247

    politics happen in 1:1s gossip etc I think part of his motivation is to expose it all and avoid all that

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    Comment #40047156

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    Comment #39586686

    I want to note this story got spiked off the home page. I cant identify any reason other than it is potentially "anti business."

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    Comment #39586673

    It is very difficult being a parent, also. They dont talk about how parents get treated. It is another form of discrimination quite rampant in tech.

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    Comment #39519514

    I decided I NEVER wanted to manage anyone at a large or even medium sized tech company. Politically there is no winning: - Your peer competitors (other VPs) are after you - Your di…

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    Comment #39497245

    It is also why nothing ever gets built (trains etc)

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    Comment #39495981

    I had same experience at a large company. Guy had a very simple project. He came to me and asked for "help." I found an external vendor who specialized in solving that problem (bui…

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    Comment #39092634

    How come no one has run a study to ask men, in particular, why they are leaving? You haven't seen that data because that study is not politically popular so it will never get publi…

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    Comment #39092625

    Thank you.

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    Comment #39092623

    The data is in the graph in the article

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    Comment #39092618

    Why did male enrollment fall off a cliff post October 2017. Look at the 2018 trend. That is immediately after Me Too. The article conflates men and women leaving college, but the d…

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    Comment #39086948

    https://archive.is/P1yQh This article is a PsyOp. Look at the data. Men are the ones leaving. The catestrophic drop in male attendance is due to the Me Too movement (2018) and the …

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    Comment #39086834

    I have been thinking a lot about exactly your point here: That a lot of knowledge work seems to emphasize letting the employee manage themselves. SCRUM is this also. Which leads to…

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    Comment #39086808

    Hiring "The Best" places a frame on the employee. Now they have to compete to retain the status of "the best."

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    Comment #39085733

    I have been in multiple situations where they actively plot, or simply dont care, and come up with some plan without you at your expense. Very challenging to deal with. I prefer sm…

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    Comment #39085721

    Read this post by a Google Data Scientist who has been unemployed for a year (!) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7154741... This is not normal, or what we had …

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    Comment #39085512

    You know who I am talking about. lol.

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    Comment #39085281

    I was at a AAA++++ brand FAANG. The politics, from the second I joined, were so over-the-top. It was like Wrestlemania. Everyone was smashing eachother and throwing elbows and it w…

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    Comment #39084223

    This is a good argument because those posts get a lot of interaction

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    Comment #39084219

    In my life experience, anecdotal data always signals trends weeks, months, years before the experts catch on. I have never seen it otherwise. Whenever I talk to a range of people, …

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    Comment #39076361

    I have never seen so many people in my linkedin feed who are begging for work after being unemployed for a year EVER

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    Comment #39068830

    It was dead as a doornail the last six months. It had a little bit of life in August, then it fell off a cliff. Zero. Only fake job postings, ghost posts, fake interviews, intervie…