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My brief advice to anyone writing such a post: start with the most serious accusation you have, and avoid the temptation to add ancillary grievances, however ju
by idlewords 6y ago
My brief advice to anyone writing such a post: start with the most serious accusation you have, and avoid the temptation to add ancillary grievances, however justified, until you have the reader fully engaged and outraged.
The way this post structured now, beginning with fairly unspecific complaints about the hiring process, who invited whom to lunch, etc. makes the author come across as a young high-drama individual even though it ramps up to more serious matters.
Remember you only have a couple of paragraphs to set the hook and get the reader on your side in a piece like this. Not even your SO or mom want to read the full wall of text about how you were mistreated, let alone internet strangers.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoI stopped reading when it became obvious that this was some coddled kid’s first exposure to real life. When I see words like “psychological safety”, that sounds straight out of the playbook with the Brown University “safe spaces” crap. Maybe they were saving their real bombs for the end. I’ll never know, but they are probably going to have a very difficult time adjusting to any job.
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- IntelMiner 6y agoYou stopped reading and formed an incredibly offensive and demeaning opinion of them, validated by something that doesn't exist?
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoI don’t understand what this means.
- shishy 6y agoyou’re completely wrong, i’d encourage you to read this
- ylyn 6y agoYou must have a very unsupportive SO.
- derangedHorse 6y agoYour point seems valid, but the mom statement is unnecessary as I and many others did want to finish the wall of text about how she was mistreated
- ksec 6y agoI agree and glad I am not the only one with this opinion. The world is cruel. And you have people keep telling you to be positive and not be cynical when you are young. Except when you step into the society, it was a culture shock and the exact opposite happens. And Apple is possibly the worst culture shock on its kind. That is not saying Apple isn't wrong. But cracks are starting to appear everywhere. Although it may take another 10 years before those cracks becomes large enough to be vulnerable.