I try to engage in dialogue, reach folks, provide factual information, and gather feedback on how we can do better. I offer folks to contact me directly. I also

I try to engage in dialogue, reach folks, provide factual information, and gather feedback on how we can do better. I offer folks to contact me directly. I also try to make it very clear who my employer is, through either direct note or clear context. I certainly am not in a habit of disparaging my employer's competitors' cultures and technologies through anecdotes (the last ex-AWS bit was the notable exception in the heat of the moment). I urge both you and "ignoramous" to get into this habit as well :) (work on Google Cloud)