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The Last Days of the Managerial Class

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Re: The Last Days of the Managerial Class

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Post by whynotminot »

Zagreus2142 wrote: post #4

Very funny read from the MBA set when the same collapse is happening in software itself. He's saying MBAs are going to have to shift to data analysis and product design roles, as if those aren't being eaten by the very same processes. But I don't say this to belittle the author, I just mean funny in how people are all grasping around the same elephant ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant ). I d…

> at some point an economy can't bear the dead weight of people pulling down six figure salaries by moving some javascript or PowerPoint slides around, while the base of the economy (industry, farming, energy production, transportation) dies from lack of investment.

What if the base of the economy is well-paid power point rangers buying stuff? Because that’s what most of our economy is: consumer spending.

It’s some sort of myth that the American farmer is the core of our economy or something.

Re: The Last Days of the Managerial Class

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Post by tgma »

I often talk with friends about organization design in the context of tech companies and have a saying: an effective organization needs to find ways to be able to compensate high performing ICs more than their boss. One way this is de facto organically accomplished in Silicon Valley to some degree is the effective compensation is a function of time you join than your level in the hierarchy.

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

Zagreus2142 wrote: post #4

Very funny read from the MBA set when the same collapse is happening in software itself. He's saying MBAs are going to have to shift to data analysis and product design roles, as if those aren't being eaten by the very same processes. But I don't say this to belittle the author, I just mean funny in how people are all grasping around the same elephant ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant ). I d…

"We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now all we do is put our hand in the next guy's pocket."

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Post by Animats »

Zagreus2142 wrote: post #4

Very funny read from the MBA set when the same collapse is happening in software itself. He's saying MBAs are going to have to shift to data analysis and product design roles, as if those aren't being eaten by the very same processes. But I don't say this to belittle the author, I just mean funny in how people are all grasping around the same elephant ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant ). I d…

See the general subject of "elite overproduction".

It's not clear at all where "AI" is going. Once AIs get reliable enough to be put in charge of things, rather than being merely advisory, we will have a very different society. Everybody here has probably read the late Marshall Brain's "Manna", which outlines how that might play out.

(I'm reading Pikkety's new "Capital and Ideology". Not far enough in to comment yet.)

Re: The Last Days of the Managerial Class

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Post by v3xro »

> But artificial intelligence doesn’t care about optionality. It rewards specificity, domain expertise, and the ability to produce measurable results.

I'm sorry what parallel universe are you living in? My dog produces measurable results regularly, twice a day in fact. This article is a joke.

Re: The Last Days of the Managerial Class

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Post by emorning4 »

whynotminot wrote: post #11
Zagreus2142 wrote: post #4

Very funny read from the MBA set when the same collapse is happening in software itself. He's saying MBAs are going to have to shift to data analysis and product design roles, as if those aren't being eaten by the very same processes. But I don't say this to belittle the author, I just mean funny in how people are all grasping around the same elephant ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant ). I d…

> at some point an economy can't bear the dead weight of people pulling down six figure salaries by moving some javascript or PowerPoint slides around, while the base of the economy (industry, farming, energy production, transportation) dies from lack of investment. What if the base of the economy is well-paid power point rangers buying stuff? Because that’s what most of our economy is: consumer spending. It’s some s…

>>What if the base of the economy is well-paid power point rangers buying stuff? Moody's says that the top 20% of earners are supporting the economy right now... https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/business/us-k-shaped-economy-...
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