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The author was promoted to CTO, he worked for the company before. Given that the company has less then two dozend people, he likely knows it in and out, includi

The author was promoted to CTO, he worked for the company before. Given that the company has less then two dozend people, he likely knows it in and out, including everyone working for it. Also "Day2" is likely a metaphor for "story series entry number 2" and probably does not literally mean 2nd day at work.

jacquesm 6y ago
The story does not give that background, I'm assuming he is an outsider because of his choice of words in the beginning and the fact that he seems to treat his apparently former buddies suddenly as cogs in a machine. Maybe that's just another way for him to fortify his own mind about doing callous things to other people. Regardless, the second day on a job you are not ready to make decisions like this until you have had a lot of conversations with different people in the organization. Any CEO that tasks a just-promoted former team lead, project manager or other non-manager to first time CTO and MT member and that then expects that person to take the axe to the team in a way that will not destroy the company is out to lunch. This article is proof positive of that, it misses a whole slew of important considerations and will likely result in a mass exodus of the people that keep the company running within the next couple of months. I've had to lay off people before, this is not how it is done.
- Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
  > the story does not give that background well i have no insider knowledge of any kind, i just looked left and right beyond the blog post instead of making assumptions.
  - jacquesm 6y ago
    In a way that just makes it even worse. Because a newbie that lands in a situation like that might be excused, a former team member isolating himself from his own responsibility by asking his computer who he should fire is an even bigger insult than if he came in as an outsider. This company is dysfunctional. They have a CTO that doesn't report to the CEO but where the CEO will cross their lines of command to give direct orders to the CTO anyway, they treat their employees like they treat their docker images (like cattle, instead of like pets), they promote people internally and make their first marching orders to take the axe to the org chart, specifically the team from which they got promoted out of. This won't end well.
    - Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
      I was only pointing out the context and that the first sentence is a rather obvious tell that it is part two of a series and should not be interpreted literally.
      - jacquesm 6y ago
        I have a pretty simple rule for evaluating articles: if not indicated otherwise I assume they stand on their own and that the article writer means what they say. It's on them to communicate any circumstances that are required to be able to read the article, at a minimum a link should be provided to such context if it is available. Just read this thread and see how many people are wrong-footed by the article.
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        Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
        > It's on them Honestly, i think your reaction to having an assumption collapse is rather terrible
    - Brian_K_White 6y ago
      Why is everyone talking about the computer like it has it's own agency and inhuman agenda? The computer in this story was nothing but a human's pencil and paper.

jacquesm 6y ago

The story does not give that background, I'm assuming he is an outsider because of his choice of words in the beginning and the fact that he seems to treat his apparently former buddies suddenly as cogs in a machine. Maybe that's just another way for him to fortify his own mind about doing callous things to other people. Regardless, the second day on a job you are not ready to make decisions like this until you have had a lot of conversations with different people in the organization. Any CEO that tasks a just-promoted former team lead, project manager or other non-manager to first time CTO and MT member and that then expects that person to take the axe to the team in a way that will not destroy the company is out to lunch. This article is proof positive of that, it misses a whole slew of important considerations and will likely result in a mass exodus of the people that keep the company running within the next couple of months. I've had to lay off people before, this is not how it is done.

Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
> the story does not give that background well i have no insider knowledge of any kind, i just looked left and right beyond the blog post instead of making assumptions.
- jacquesm 6y ago
  In a way that just makes it even worse. Because a newbie that lands in a situation like that might be excused, a former team member isolating himself from his own responsibility by asking his computer who he should fire is an even bigger insult than if he came in as an outsider. This company is dysfunctional. They have a CTO that doesn't report to the CEO but where the CEO will cross their lines of command to give direct orders to the CTO anyway, they treat their employees like they treat their docker images (like cattle, instead of like pets), they promote people internally and make their first marching orders to take the axe to the org chart, specifically the team from which they got promoted out of. This won't end well.
  - Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
    I was only pointing out the context and that the first sentence is a rather obvious tell that it is part two of a series and should not be interpreted literally.
    - jacquesm 6y ago
      I have a pretty simple rule for evaluating articles: if not indicated otherwise I assume they stand on their own and that the article writer means what they say. It's on them to communicate any circumstances that are required to be able to read the article, at a minimum a link should be provided to such context if it is available. Just read this thread and see how many people are wrong-footed by the article.
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      - Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
        > It's on them Honestly, i think your reaction to having an assumption collapse is rather terrible
  - Brian_K_White 6y ago
    Why is everyone talking about the computer like it has it's own agency and inhuman agenda? The computer in this story was nothing but a human's pencil and paper.