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If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Re: If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Post by jvanderbot »

dshpala wrote: post #22
halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #7

Imagine thinking you can judge anything about a developer (especially Senior/Staffs) from screenshots of code. Elon has truly lost the plot.

That would be nice. I know a senior developer that doesn't actually do anything, he had like 2 small CLs this year. But apparently he can't be fired, so he is just there, increasing work load for everyone else.

Does he not do anything, or does he do things you don't see? How do you know?

Re: If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Post by booleandilemma »

zamalek wrote: post #10

I can barely believe this man started a spaceflight company. He must have had some incredibly subordinates to pull that off; not only did they have to deal with him, but they also had to bootstrap spaceflight.

It might be that he's alienated all of the competent people who have helped him so far and now there's no one left for him to take advantage of.

Re: If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Post by pifm_guy »

DabbyDabberson wrote: post #20
castrodd wrote: post #9

Did Elon lead his other companies this way and we just didn’t know? Or has he suddenly lost his ability to make good decisions?

People I know at SpaceX are terrified of him. They all secretly track when he comes into the office, and actively hide from him.

It's really noticeable that work on site at spacex really ramps up before an Elon visit, and then pretty much stops when he leaves again.

If he doesn't visit for a few weeks, nothing gets done.

Re: If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Post by teaearlgraycold »

dshpala wrote: post #22
halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #7

Imagine thinking you can judge anything about a developer (especially Senior/Staffs) from screenshots of code. Elon has truly lost the plot.

That would be nice. I know a senior developer that doesn't actually do anything, he had like 2 small CLs this year. But apparently he can't be fired, so he is just there, increasing work load for everyone else.

How does he get away with doing almost nothing? Why can't he be fired?

Re: If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Post by butterlesstoast »

dshpala wrote: post #22
halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #7

Imagine thinking you can judge anything about a developer (especially Senior/Staffs) from screenshots of code. Elon has truly lost the plot.

That would be nice. I know a senior developer that doesn't actually do anything, he had like 2 small CLs this year. But apparently he can't be fired, so he is just there, increasing work load for everyone else.

Sorry to hear. That is honestly a huge reflection on the company and in my case for every 1 of those devs there are 9 that are incredibly talented and hard working (in my <10 year experience in the CS workforce)

Re: If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Post by jmeister »

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #7

Imagine thinking you can judge anything about a developer (especially Senior/Staffs) from screenshots of code. Elon has truly lost the plot.

It could be a rough test to weed out the non-coders who may try to cheat his call. What matters is a low false-positive rate. Like there may be several hostile employees looking to sneak in for some stories they can sell to the media later.

Re: If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now

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Post by TigeriusKirk »

dshpala wrote: post #22
halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #7

Imagine thinking you can judge anything about a developer (especially Senior/Staffs) from screenshots of code. Elon has truly lost the plot.

That would be nice. I know a senior developer that doesn't actually do anything, he had like 2 small CLs this year. But apparently he can't be fired, so he is just there, increasing work load for everyone else.

I suspect this is what he's after. For whatever reason he thinks a significant number of Twitter devs did little if anything. Maybe he's even right about that, it's not exactly unheard of in big companies.

But I don't think this is a particularly effective way to root those people out.

It's also possible he's reassigning teams from the ground up, and this is his sorting method.

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