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> The worst part is the high degree of censorship. Everyone is so sensitive now that it's impossible to speak openly What would you say if you weren't censored?
where to begin. What would one say if one could speak openly? * The vast majority of executives are paranoid, risk averse know nothings. They don’t want to take any business risks lest it harm their comp. * Because most execs don’t understand their business, their customers, their industry, and they distrust their staff — they can’t formulate clear and concise goals and objectives. This is how orgs end up with that b…
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
GP specified that it was "the worst part". Was a Slack bot that shunned people from writing "guys" the worst part of the "censorship" you were subjected to?
To be honest, a slack bot like that would make me quit on the spot.
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#113Yes, the BS drained the life out of me. Switched to a startup and it got much better, but once we grew to 100+ people, the endless meetings started piling up again The worst part is the high degree of censorship. Everyone is so sensitive now that it's impossible to speak openly
> The worst part is the high degree of censorship. Everyone is so sensitive now that it's impossible to speak openly What would you say if you weren't censored?
Simple expressive language is also taboo. One Italian coworker used a analogy of the product as a beautiful woman in a meeting to get a point across.
Basically all my us colleagues were shocked, because they only use dry corporate speak.
I think it is a big part of imposter syndrome and exhausting to speak and listen to.
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> AI managers who are optimizing transparent objectives All AIs that I've seen so far just optimize the reproduction of existing biases and/or serve to obfuscate policy decisions by ensuring that no person is left to blame. Are you stating a dream there, or did I miss a development towards practical AI systems that make decisions more transparent?
NNs dont need to be transparent as long as the objectives are transparent
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#115Even so, all companies have their own flaws. You have to be able to communicate those flaws to leadership and feel comfortable with that process. Sometimes when you do so, change will occur, sometimes it will not. Sometimes you are told why not, sometimes it just seems to get dropped. This isn't ideal but it is the corporate world.
The key is to figure out what flaws you can live with. To find some joy in the good side of the work. Or at the very least, just to accept that this is the price you pay to get the paycheck. If you do not feel that the paycheck makes it worth the trouble, you are in the wrong job.
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#118Have you considered hitting the ground running, leveraging synergies and lateral blockchain avenues along the way?
In a proactive manner, preferably, for a full paradigm shift.
Carbon nanotubes.
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#120Sounds like you want to be in a startup where you'll work 60+ hours! I'd honestly like a start-up break and am jealous of your 'boring' job.