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Not saying the points in the article are wrong but there is this other side: https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1594350932833480704 https://twitter.com/matt

Not saying the points in the article are wrong but there is this other side: https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1594350932833480704 https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1594350932833480704

andyjohnson0 4y ago
> last night i drank 8 redbulls and rewrote the worst parts of our direct messages backend I'm fairly sure thats a parody. Nothing in that person's profile indicates that they work at twitter.
- andrewfromx 4y ago
  sure, but does any engineer that's been on both sides of work crazy and get amazing stuff done vs. cruise ship make 1 icon change a day get that sentiment? Surely there are some engineers at twitter getting re-energized because of the new direction? https://youtu.be/KX7tj3giizI?t=5096 https://youtu.be/KX7tj3giizI?t=5096 (link to all in pod where they talk about the 2001st engineer hire)
  - SilverBirch 4y ago
    I really don't think you got the joke. Software development at a large company isn't a montage from the movie Hackers, you don't rewrite an entire direct messaging back-end in an evening. I'm sure there are people who believe it works like that, but those people are the butt of the joke. I mean we saw this with our own eyes with Twitter Blue checkmarks. A feature Elon Musk's new hardcore Twitter had to deliver in a weekend. What happened? A shitshow for 2 weeks that ended in Musk entirely rolling back the whole effort and completely re-evaluating the schedule.
scottLobster 4y ago
Even if true, pounding 8 red bulls is probably not a sustainable development practice. Then again Elon has made it clear that if you're an engineer at any of his companies you're there to be burned for fuel and get the "I survived 2 years of working for Elon" merit badge for your resume
ohgodplsno 4y ago
>Matt Wensing >@mattwensing >2x founder, current @usesummit, the low-code platform for marketers to build calculators. fan of hard work, occasional comedian. Yeah, no, this post is just a good bit of trolling, and seemingly quite a few people seem to fall face first into it.
- wittycardio 4y ago
  Lol Elon simps tend to be people like that. Technically capable intelligent people can generally see through the bs
wittycardio 4y ago
Always easy to tell a musk simp
ncr100 4y ago
It's a joke, echoing the myth that "just let me fix it" works. That's the authoritarian's pledge... "Need a Stong Man to fix it all for you, I'll do it." -What I personally gathered from watching authoritarians. It's an abusive situation at Twitter. Pray Evil Elon face is kept hidden from the people whom he now bosses, and Good Fun Guy Elon remains on.

Not saying the points in the article are wrong but there is this other side: https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1594350932833480704 https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1594350932833480704

andyjohnson0 4y ago

> last night i drank 8 redbulls and rewrote the worst parts of our direct messages backend I'm fairly sure thats a parody. Nothing in that person's profile indicates that they work at twitter.

andrewfromx 4y ago
sure, but does any engineer that's been on both sides of work crazy and get amazing stuff done vs. cruise ship make 1 icon change a day get that sentiment? Surely there are some engineers at twitter getting re-energized because of the new direction? https://youtu.be/KX7tj3giizI?t=5096 https://youtu.be/KX7tj3giizI?t=5096 (link to all in pod where they talk about the 2001st engineer hire)
- SilverBirch 4y ago
  I really don't think you got the joke. Software development at a large company isn't a montage from the movie Hackers, you don't rewrite an entire direct messaging back-end in an evening. I'm sure there are people who believe it works like that, but those people are the butt of the joke. I mean we saw this with our own eyes with Twitter Blue checkmarks. A feature Elon Musk's new hardcore Twitter had to deliver in a weekend. What happened? A shitshow for 2 weeks that ended in Musk entirely rolling back the whole effort and completely re-evaluating the schedule.

scottLobster 4y ago

Even if true, pounding 8 red bulls is probably not a sustainable development practice. Then again Elon has made it clear that if you're an engineer at any of his companies you're there to be burned for fuel and get the "I survived 2 years of working for Elon" merit badge for your resume

ohgodplsno 4y ago

>Matt Wensing >@mattwensing >2x founder, current @usesummit, the low-code platform for marketers to build calculators. fan of hard work, occasional comedian. Yeah, no, this post is just a good bit of trolling, and seemingly quite a few people seem to fall face first into it.

wittycardio 4y ago
Lol Elon simps tend to be people like that. Technically capable intelligent people can generally see through the bs

wittycardio 4y ago

Always easy to tell a musk simp

ncr100 4y ago

It's a joke, echoing the myth that "just let me fix it" works. That's the authoritarian's pledge... "Need a Stong Man to fix it all for you, I'll do it." -What I personally gathered from watching authoritarians. It's an abusive situation at Twitter. Pray Evil Elon face is kept hidden from the people whom he now bosses, and Good Fun Guy Elon remains on.