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Epilogue of my time working at Twitter
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#13There's a lot of good stuff in this post. You should read it for yourself before commenting here. (Word count is 2413 in case you're wondering.) I do want to call out one very questionable aspect: > I’ve pulled many all-nighters in my career > Sometimes I get asked about how I felt when I got laid off, and the truth is it was the best gift I’ve ever received. > Going on a sabbatical afterward has been exactly what I…
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Says bad things about their moderation; this is literally the worst video in the world and any other large company would have it autobanned instead of leaving it up for days. Though I expect the mandatory legal reporting still works.
Yeah, just sweep it under the rug..
If your plan is anything other what I said, it is either a crime or it will cause people to commit crimes by seeing the material in question. You need a lawyer, not your intuition.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Certainly don't be proud of your needless sacrifices. Who exactly are you to judge what she should or shouldn't be proud of ? When she quotes : > I’ve pulled many all-nighters in my career She goes as far as adding a full explanation that you - conveniently - redacted: > I’ve pulled many all-nighters in my career and also when I was a student for something that mattered to me. I don’t regret putting in long hours o…
> Who exactly are you to judge what she should or shouldn't be proud of ? It's not about what "she" specifically should be proud of. It's about all of us, employees and our relationship to management. > She goes as far as adding a full explanation that you - conveniently - redacted I literally said, "You should read it for yourself before commenting here. (Word count is 2413 in case you're wondering.)" So the comment…
She also specifically says that anything she asked her employees to do, she'd do herself, but if you read that backwards, the implication is that she is setting up a cultural expectation here: to achieve a tight deadline, if necessary, you should sleep in the office.
Which is not only an incredibly unhealthy expectation (for individuals who will burn themselves out for someone else's schedule and benefit; for team leaders who will destroy any sense of team cohesion and motivation in the long run; and for managers who would get more results from a slower but more consistent pace), but it also doesn't seem to have won her anything in this case - she got fired, and it doesn't sound like she was particularly listened to or respected by Musk, despite trying to provide genuine insight and wisdom.
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#17There's a lot of good stuff in this post. You should read it for yourself before commenting here. (Word count is 2413 in case you're wondering.) I do want to call out one very questionable aspect: > I’ve pulled many all-nighters in my career > Sometimes I get asked about how I felt when I got laid off, and the truth is it was the best gift I’ve ever received. > Going on a sabbatical afterward has been exactly what I…
It's not a questionable aspect to be honest. This is her experience and decision.
> I don't think that we should ever allow capitalists to deprive us of the essentials, such as sleep
Your strong claim is actually questionable.
I can already think of one realistic scenario where pulling an all-nighter is a sensible choice like: you are on an H1B visa and, if you are fired, you would be beyond fucked with your life, so you pull an all nighter.
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#18There's a lot of good stuff in this post. You should read it for yourself before commenting here. (Word count is 2413 in case you're wondering.) I do want to call out one very questionable aspect: > I’ve pulled many all-nighters in my career > Sometimes I get asked about how I felt when I got laid off, and the truth is it was the best gift I’ve ever received. > Going on a sabbatical afterward has been exactly what I…
It's not a questionable aspect to be honest. This is her experience and decision. > I don't think that we should ever allow capitalists to deprive us of the essentials, such as sleep Your strong claim is actually questionable. I can already think of one realistic scenario where pulling an all-nighter is a sensible choice like: you are on an H1B visa and, if you are fired, you would be beyond fucked with your life, so…
> It's not a questionable aspect to be honest. This is her experience and decision.
I already addressed this point in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36887195
> I can already think of one realistic scenario where pulling an all-nighter is a sensible choice like: you are on an H1B visa and, if you are fired, you would be beyond fucked with your life, so you pull an all nighter.
Perhaps. But this point still stands: "Certainly don't be proud of your needless sacrifices."
I suspect that tech companies like to hire people on visas precisely because they can be abused like this.
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Yeah, just sweep it under the rug..
If your plan is anything other what I said, it is either a crime or it will cause people to commit crimes by seeing the material in question. You need a lawyer, not your intuition.
Is there no room for journalism on the topic
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#20> I think of life as a game, and being at Twitter after the acquisition was like playing life at Level 10 on Hard Mode.
Is it safe to assume theyre a multi millionaire with a large financial buffer throughout this saga? AFAIK they were on a do-not-fire list for that very reason. I understand the compensation and golden handcuffs may be under an NDA which could explain why her wealth and compensation is never referenced as part of the story.
A wealthy person who wins even when theyre laid off yields a different perspective entirely. I think tech product development could use fewer of those types personally. It completely removes failure from the equation.