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It feels like everyone could come up with a few 'war stories' of issues and people that they had to deal with during their career. While the story presented cer

It feels like everyone could come up with a few 'war stories' of issues and people that they had to deal with during their career. While the story presented certainly makes the reader feel that the author was treated unfairly; we are only getting one side of the story and many relevant details might have been left out. I could also relate a few stories about how I was not treated well and selectively include only the parts that make me look good and my nemesis look bad; but that would just be self-serving. That is not to say that there are not many examples of bad behavior out there that should be exposed and lessons learned; but I am just trying to figure out what the lesson is in this case.

dominotw 4y ago
By this logic you would never believe what anyone is saying because its always 'one side of the story and many relevant details might have been left out.' So what must one do, go on living a cynical life where you never take anyone's word for what its worth?
- commandlinefan 4y ago
  But by your logic you would believe everything everybody else said - which is the EXACT behavior that put the guy in the article in the position he was in, by his own account. Assuming everything he says is true, he wouldn’t been “bullied out” if people had been skeptical of what his boss said.
  - dominotw 4y ago
    > But by your logic you would believe everything everybody else said I don't think I proposed any logic, especially not the one you inferred.
    - didgetmaster 4y ago
      ditto
- fluoridation 4y ago
  You say it as if it's a bad thing, but being skeptical of everything probably the most prudent option in almost any circumstance.
_fat_santa 4y ago
Even with one side of the story, an engineer being iced out by an SVP to me comes off as completely unprofessional and quite frankly childish on the part of an SVP. If I was the CEO of that org and I had one of my SVP's do this, I'm pretty sure my exact words to them would be: "You're a Senior Vice President, fucking act like it".

dominotw 4y ago

By this logic you would never believe what anyone is saying because its always 'one side of the story and many relevant details might have been left out.' So what must one do, go on living a cynical life where you never take anyone's word for what its worth?

commandlinefan 4y ago
But by your logic you would believe everything everybody else said - which is the EXACT behavior that put the guy in the article in the position he was in, by his own account. Assuming everything he says is true, he wouldn’t been “bullied out” if people had been skeptical of what his boss said.
- dominotw 4y ago
  > But by your logic you would believe everything everybody else said I don't think I proposed any logic, especially not the one you inferred.
  - didgetmaster 4y ago
    ditto
fluoridation 4y ago
You say it as if it's a bad thing, but being skeptical of everything probably the most prudent option in almost any circumstance.

_fat_santa 4y ago

Even with one side of the story, an engineer being iced out by an SVP to me comes off as completely unprofessional and quite frankly childish on the part of an SVP. If I was the CEO of that org and I had one of my SVP's do this, I'm pretty sure my exact words to them would be: "You're a Senior Vice President, fucking act like it".