Thank you, GitHub

Post by hawski » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

alexashka wrote: post #47

scrubs wrote: post #11

If I read another piece of American corporate crap --- plastic, formulaic, always-be-selling --- I'm gonna throw up on my keyboard. The write-up is rife with stock phrases, and vapid emotionalism. Somewhere when the rest of us are busy there's a room somewhere where people get the cheat-sheet, fill-in-the-blank training that produces this junk. Look the guy probably had some success and met some great people. So why…

Hear, hear. As I live longer, I realize some people take to corporate speak and corporate values like ducks to water. It's actually their preferred mode of communication and existence. Politicians play this game most clearly - they need to communicate allegiance to the rich, their political party and 'the people', which is an impossible ask (because the parties are not aligned and you please one by taking away from t…

Post by systemvoltage » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

ferdowsi wrote: post #18

scrubs wrote: post #11

If I read another piece of American corporate crap --- plastic, formulaic, always-be-selling --- I'm gonna throw up on my keyboard. The write-up is rife with stock phrases, and vapid emotionalism. Somewhere when the rest of us are busy there's a room somewhere where people get the cheat-sheet, fill-in-the-blank training that produces this junk. Look the guy probably had some success and met some great people. So why…

When you are a company leader, your words can have a material effect on your business. This is doubly so true at a disruptive point like leadership exits. Of course words are going to be delicately chosen? That being said I didn't notice anything particularly offensive about this letter. He describes the accomplishments under his watch, expresses gratitude for employees, and expresses confidence in his successor.

Post by jeffrallen » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

m0zg wrote: post #43

I'm kinda worried about GH now. I actually worked at MS over a decade ago. They had a pattern at the time which routinely drove their acquisitions into the ground. It went something like this: an acquisition happens, and in order for folks who matter to not jump ship immediately, the acquired company would be allowed to operate semi-autonomously for a while. A year, year and a half sharks from Microsoft proper would…

Post by est31 » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

joshmanders wrote: post #71

tgv wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> shareholders It belongs to Microsoft, doesn't it?

Microsoft has shareholders, don't they?

Post by ghostly_s » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

systemvoltage wrote: post #83

ferdowsi wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you are a company leader, your words can have a material effect on your business. This is doubly so true at a disruptive point like leadership exits. Of course words are going to be delicately chosen? That being said I didn't notice anything particularly offensive about this letter. He describes the accomplishments under his watch, expresses gratitude for employees, and expresses confidence in his successor.

There is one particular corporate leader who speaks their mind and has made a tremendous impact on the world. So, it's not clear if it has anything to do with polished big-corp language. I'd rather listen to someone who is straightforward than Sundar Pichai speaking entirely in corporate-speak while saying absolutely nothing of value or substance. Completely uninspiring. All corporate speak is rather an invention of…