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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 rchaud » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:41 PM UTC

Even as long-time skeptic of Musk's ballyhooed business/engineering acumen, I have no clue what's going on here. Surely nobody at this level could be this brazenly incompetent when it comes to communicating a vision and building some sense of unity. Even the biggest fakers in the world are self-aware about the importance of maintaining the illusion of power and control.

If you had told me that these emails were being written by Kanye as he scrambled to find a new shoe partner after Adidas, I would have believed you.

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

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Post by chasd00 » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:41 PM UTC

he's probably going to start handing out TODOs and randomly pointing at people and saying "now you're in charge of X and you, over there, are in charge of Y". Like a realtime re-org.

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

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Post by Vvector » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:41 PM UTC

How much new code does a 280 character tweet require?

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

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Post by seydor » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

... but maybe if he got a medical diagnosis for insanity, maybe he could not have legally bought twitter ?

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

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Post by nerdjon » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

Does this mean he is actually looking to do more firings After the massive exodus yesterday?!?

This is just...

Honestly at this point this is just fascinating to watch from the outside and I feel bad for everyone impacted. Particularly those that had no choice but to stay (Visa's)

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

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Post by yumraj » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

So at the end of all this, only those with visa issues or the ones that are really bad at their job and hence desperate, will be left at Twitter.

I guess he’ll be able to drive them hardcore.

Personally, expect for those with visa issues, I won’t have much respect for anyone who still remains.

Unless of course, some of the good ones might be able to really renegotiate their comp and contract at this time.

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

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Post by winternett » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

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.

There is a huge back end on Twitter even though the front end looks poorly thought out and over-simplified... The back-end reporting and tracking apparatuses built into that site are probably failing miserably, and pissing off a lot of undisclosed clients.

Elon needs technical architects and technical direction more than just developers if you ask me.

I don't think Twitter will completely fail, but I'm pretty sure it will stumble quite publicly/visibly a lot in the coming weeks.

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

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Post by michpoch » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

I am curious if he tried the same at Tesla or SpaceX: "Hello dear mechanical engineers, please bring photos all the cars/rockets that you created in the last 6 months".

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

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Post by danrocks » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

butterlesstoast wrote: post #15

Elon has this bizarre conspiracy in his head where he thinks software engineers don't do anything until he realizes they do everything. Btw, a dev build is in prod right now. Or someone forgot to minimize the JS. Tons of import map issues.

Is it really that bizarre of a conspiracy? If you browse Blind for a day you kind of lose the faith in software engineering as a profession. People proud for making $400k while working 5 hours a week.

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

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Post by boringg » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

I have to assume there's a website up somewhere that's putting Twitter on death watch. Who has it's location and if it isn't up, someone should try and get one going! (In reference to systemic software issues, not employees leaving even though there is correlation).