Why does everyone feel compelled to live their life in the public? Shut up and sit down! You ain't special, dear..
Because talking through events is healthy. Whether that's in public or private is totally up to him.
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#32How on earth would this ever benefit you? Oh by the way I got fired. I know it's taboo because well it's not a good thing but I'm gonna change that. Because it was awesome. Thank you sir may I have another?
What the..
I've been fired before. Wasn't too happy about it myself.
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#33> Unless you're embezzling money or using the interns as drug mules or something.
Let's say that Holman did something not so hyperbolically terrible as these silly examples, but still terrible enough to reflect on his character for some people but not others (as in, the reason is controversial), and that's what got him fired (this is for arguments sake; I have no idea who he is or why he got fired). This sentence would then be a very important one to him in this article.
But, the sentence is embedded in the very abstract essay, which is of course a good essay, albeit not particularly novel in its ideas ("people get dealt bad hands or make mistakes and we have social mores that prevent us from rigorously considering this" what else is new?). So we get a sort of intellectual dishonesty we see regularly from politicians: deep philosophical musings to surround a quick sweep-under-the-rug of the actual issue. Or it could just be a philosophical essay. I don't know what it is, but I know what it sounds like.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
That was my first thought too. But this seems too far after that incident for it to be the cause.
The investigation into the claims was performed and completed in April 2014. https://github.com/blog/1823-results-of-the-github-investiga... I don't believe it would take a year to fire someone.
There's always the job security factor.
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#36Ha, that Atlassian tweet was pretty good.
For reference:
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#37Why was he fired?
And that's the part of being fired you usually don't discuss publicly. It always makes somebody look bad and nobody wants to burn bridges
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#38Why does everyone feel compelled to live their life in the public? Shut up and sit down! You ain't special, dear..
Because a lot of people go through the aftermath of being fired, so having somebody else to empathize with is nothing if not a reminder that you're not alone.
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Ugh.
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#40Just throwing this out there: I'd pay $40 to hear the real story.