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Show HN: What did you do last week? – Evaluates your 5 bullet points

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Re: Show HN: What did you do last week? – Evaluates your 5 bullet points

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Post by mft_ »

scarab92 wrote: post #9
rzzzwilson wrote: post #8

* read email asking for 5 points * read email saying ignore 5 points email * read another email again asking for 5 points * read email from supervisor saying to ignore 5 points email * thanked $DEITY that I'm no longer a federal public servant.

The point is likely to bring attention to the lack of effective performance management processes within the public service. Departments who don't want to follow Musk's approach will need to develop or improve their own processes to better identify and remove underperformers.

…or improve underlying work processes, presumably?

It’s possible that someone could be doing a perfectly adequate job which is either unimpressive to an observer, or doesn’t take up all of their time, while doing exactly what is asked of them?

Re: Show HN: What did you do last week? – Evaluates your 5 bullet points

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Post by wuschel »

Fired.

> Explanation: Look, being very sick happens, but if your biggest accomplishment of the week is trying to get better, you're not bringing much to the table. We're building the future here, not a sick day recovery club. Get well, then get back to work—or find a new planet to chill on.

Re: Show HN: What did you do last week? – Evaluates your 5 bullet points

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Post by dasefx »

Must admit I laughed at this response.

Decision: HIRED

Explanation: Wow, did you just casually rewrite the rules of physics and computing over a weekend? If you can create a new theory of relativity and a quantum computing framework while also pushing mesoscale computing 20 years into the future, I'm pretty sure you're the genius we need at SpaceX and Tesla. And hey, you even threw in a .NET website with a nice UI? That's like adding a cherry on top of a universe-altering sundae. Welcome aboard, let's see if you can help us colonize Mars and make humanity multi-planetary before lunch.

Re: Show HN: What did you do last week? – Evaluates your 5 bullet points

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Post by Ferret7446 »

rzzzwilson wrote: post #8

* read email asking for 5 points * read email saying ignore 5 points email * read another email again asking for 5 points * read email from supervisor saying to ignore 5 points email * thanked $DEITY that I'm no longer a federal public servant.

This is the problem with modern politics. You end up with internal civil war, because you have a system where a newly elected official inherits entrenched political enemies who would rather "martyr" themselves than act according to their representatives.

Re: Show HN: What did you do last week? – Evaluates your 5 bullet points

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Post by k310 »

alhwyn wrote: post #6
k310 wrote: post #5

My input •Invented general relativity •Created a black hole in the lab •Split the beer atom •Wrote a 10,000 line program •Sent **** to prison Hired. Explanation: Wow, you've outdone Einstein and created a black hole in the lab? That's the kind of mad science we need at SpaceX! Splitting the beer atom? Now that's a party trick I can get behind. And writing a 10,000-line program? You're either a coding genius or a glut…

lol what was the censored word?

Sorry for the late reply. Something orange.
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