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Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by throwaway787544 »

lol_what wrote: post #104
razh wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, he posted a similar set of tweets back in 2018: https://www.pcgamer.com/ex-valve-employee-describes-ruthless...

keep in mind that he is literally the only one who talks about the company that way from everyone whose ever worked there (many, many have left for various reasons since). I also can't help but not overlook that he's an UFO nut. can't trust info from someone who can warp reality in a way to see only what fits his own preconceived notions even if they fly in the face of basic facts.

Or, because he's a UFO nut he's willing to call out things that seem crazy when it's socially unacceptable to do so

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by stickfigure »

OJFord wrote: post #113
m12k wrote: post #8

A tech company in Bellevue Washington with a "shadowy and illusory "peer review" system" - this is Valve we're talking about, right? (fits his Twitter bio)

Bio also says 'FBI witness'.. that's just a completely meaningless random fact isn't it? 'Happened to witness some crime, interviewed by FBI', why's that in a Twitter bio? (Unless it means 'expert witness' in court, in which case 'and the FBI were involved' is the weird bit.)

We're talking about a twitter bio, right? Sounds like you're expecting linkedin.

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by john_moscow »

moron4hire wrote: post #50

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Easy. Having people change their ways on your demand is called power. And since our brave new economic order eliminated the constructive ways of gaining power, more and more people see this kind of behavior as the only outlet for their ambition to be more than a nameless cog in the machine.

>after said person removed the photo in a completely reasonable, not-online-24/7 amount of time

That was his mistake. He fed the troll. Thing is, trolls like this don't care about the actual issue, they just use it to exert power over other people. If you engage in a conversation with them, you basically volunteer to become a target. If you resist the urge and completely ignore their outburst, they will quickly get bored. For a couple of days to a week the front page of your issue tracker will have one issue where one person is effectively shouting to himself. In a few weeks it will go to the bottom of the list and nobody will care. And as for the Twitter shitstorm, it could be rewarding for trolls to bash someone's response and stick all kinds of labels to them, but it doesn't work if there is no response at all.

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by civilized »

ikiris wrote: post #139
civilized wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, this person was selfish and inconsiderate of their fellow employee. Employees are supposed to cooperate, not exploit one another for their own personal gain. It's weird to have to say this, and some people probably think it's naive, but I stand by it.

If you have this attitude working at a fang, you'll eventually be the guy the other guy kneecaps and outruns when you're both running from a bear.

Good thing I'm not working at a fang then. Sounds awful.

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by dqh »

bushbaba wrote: post #77
Mr_P wrote: post #5

If you replace the word "bonus" with "promo", then you unfortunately get an eerily-accurate reflection of the state of FAANG companies.

Sadly it's only gotten more true over time. As FAANG growth slows, the internal politics grows. Bezos was right that having a 2 pizza team really is a recipe for success, larger than that you end up with internal infighting and stepping on top each other.

I can easily smash a whole pizza myself. So I’ve often wondered what size team this really is and why it’s not expressed directly.

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by filoleg »

daenz wrote: post #127
filoleg wrote: post #125

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> But when you start a post off with "so and so is a phenomenal asshole", You should know that a reasonable person reads that as an ad hominem attack I would expect a reasonable person to read through the entire comment and not just the first sentence, before assessing the validity of the point the author was making.

The rest of the comment supports the first sentence.

Yes, but there is a difference between "he is an asshole, which means that he blows everything out of proportion, and I don't believe him with this story" and "there are plenty of situations that actually happened where he seems to always blow the situation out of proportion and exaggerate to unjustifiably paint people in terrible light, and therefore I believe he is an asshole".

The former would be an ad hominem reasoning, but the latter one wouldn't be. And the parent comment you replied to was the latter.

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by wan23 »

newshorts wrote: post #131
paulryanrogers wrote: post #117

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So all houses are cash only?!

Nah. A buyer can easily outbid an all cash offer. In fact, if you offer 100% over asking price you’re almost guaranteed to win ;)

Good luck explaining to the bank why you want to borrow 2x what the home is actually worth. When you need a mortgage you’re limited by what the bank’s appraiser thinks the home should sell for.

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by daenz »

filoleg wrote: post #156
daenz wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rest of the comment supports the first sentence.

Yes, but there is a difference between "he is an asshole, which means that he blows everything out of proportion, and I don't believe him with this story" and "there are plenty of situations that actually happened where he seems to always blow the situation out of proportion and exaggerate to unjustifiably paint people in terrible light, and therefore I believe he is an asshole". The former would be an ad hominem rea…

>...therefore I believe he is an asshole

Is an attack directed against the person rather than their position, and is therefore ad hominem

Re: At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus

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Post by mruniverse »

M2Ys4U wrote: post #145
mruniverse wrote: post #115

What's the best incentive system for both employee and company?

Surely it has to be profit sharing - split a healthy chunk of profit between employees as an equal percentage of their base salary. Everyone is incentivised to make the company more profitable, no individual/team/department/division can siphon bonuses from anybody else.

Do you think giving RSUs is about the same?
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