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Right in the article: blue check mark changes. And how a lot of people had nothing better to do on their own projects than to help a person in charge to complet

Right in the article: blue check mark changes. And how a lot of people had nothing better to do on their own projects than to help a person in charge to complete changes.

katbyte 4y ago
Because blue check was released with no issues what so ever?
- MikePlacid 4y ago
  "No issues" is a requirement from some other context. Probably.
mynameisvlad 4y ago
> And how a lot of people had nothing better to do on their own projects than to help a person in charge to complete changes. I don't think any of it had to do with people having "nothing better to do on their own projects". I don't know about you, but if my new boss, the one that threatened to fire 3/4ths of the staff, told me to do something, it doesn't matter what I was working on before, my sole new project would be what the boss wanted.
- MikePlacid 4y ago
  True. But the article does not mention that it was the boss who told the author to pitch in: >Some of us had worked through the weekend trying to help out a colleague who’d been given an insanely tight deadline Note: the deadline was given to "a colleague", not to "our team". Same here: >My colleague, whom I liked a lot, was never going to get it done in time without help, so we all pitched in. Also note that he seems to never have worked on such a schedule before: >I actually quite enjoyed it.
shagie 4y ago
> And how a lot of people had nothing better to do on their own projects April 25th, Twitter Locks Down Product Changes After Agreeing to Musk Bid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/twitter-locks-down-product-changes-after-agreeing-to-musk-bid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/twitter-l... --- https://archive.ph/CK1X1 https://archive.ph/CK1X1 > For now, Twitter won’t allow product updates unless they’re business-critical, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the situation is private. The company accepted a $54.20-a-share bid from Musk after a whirlwind courtship that began with the Tesla Inc. magnate disclosing a 9% stake in Twitter earlier this month. > Product changes will require approval from a vice president, the people said. Twitter imposed the temporary ban to keep employees who may be miffed about the deal from “going rogue,” according to one of the people. April 26, Twitter is protecting its source code from disgruntled employees, reports say https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/26/twitter-lock-source-code-elon-musk/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/26/twitter-lock-source-code-e... --- For several months, nothing that was not business critical was released (or done). If you were on something that wasn't business critical, you were likely waiting for a fire to fight, working on the "ok, maybe after this all blows over I can deploy this - but not until then." In either case, not having something to do that was more pressing than helping out a person would not be surprising.
- MikePlacid 4y ago
  >In either case, not having something to do that was more pressing than helping out a person would not be surprising. In the context you have provided - yes. But in the context of my professional experience it is rather surprising. Note that the author has not mentioned he was uncomfortable sitting there doing nothing. What he mentioned was: >we all pitched in. I actually quite enjoyed it. That looks like that was the first time for him ever. Also quite surprising - for me and my experience. PS. Also: >As soon as Musk became owner, there were always three things that had to be done by yesterday Sweet Jesus. Just "as soon"? Just three??

Right in the article: blue check mark changes. And how a lot of people had nothing better to do on their own projects than to help a person in charge to complete changes.

katbyte 4y ago

Because blue check was released with no issues what so ever?

MikePlacid 4y ago
"No issues" is a requirement from some other context. Probably.

mynameisvlad 4y ago

> And how a lot of people had nothing better to do on their own projects than to help a person in charge to complete changes. I don't think any of it had to do with people having "nothing better to do on their own projects". I don't know about you, but if my new boss, the one that threatened to fire 3/4ths of the staff, told me to do something, it doesn't matter what I was working on before, my sole new project would be what the boss wanted.

MikePlacid 4y ago
True. But the article does not mention that it was the boss who told the author to pitch in: >Some of us had worked through the weekend trying to help out a colleague who’d been given an insanely tight deadline Note: the deadline was given to "a colleague", not to "our team". Same here: >My colleague, whom I liked a lot, was never going to get it done in time without help, so we all pitched in. Also note that he seems to never have worked on such a schedule before: >I actually quite enjoyed it.

shagie 4y ago

> And how a lot of people had nothing better to do on their own projects April 25th, Twitter Locks Down Product Changes After Agreeing to Musk Bid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/twitter-locks-down-product-changes-after-agreeing-to-musk-bid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/twitter-l... --- https://archive.ph/CK1X1 https://archive.ph/CK1X1 > For now, Twitter won’t allow product updates unless they’re business-critical, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the situation is private. The company accepted a $54.20-a-share bid from Musk after a whirlwind courtship that began with the Tesla Inc. magnate disclosing a 9% stake in Twitter earlier this month. > Product changes will require approval from a vice president, the people said. Twitter imposed the temporary ban to keep employees who may be miffed about the deal from “going rogue,” according to one of the people. April 26, Twitter is protecting its source code from disgruntled employees, reports say https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/26/twitter-lock-source-code-elon-musk/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/26/twitter-lock-source-code-e... --- For several months, nothing that was not business critical was released (or done). If you were on something that wasn't business critical, you were likely waiting for a fire to fight, working on the "ok, maybe after this all blows over I can deploy this - but not until then." In either case, not having something to do that was more pressing than helping out a person would not be surprising.

MikePlacid 4y ago
>In either case, not having something to do that was more pressing than helping out a person would not be surprising. In the context you have provided - yes. But in the context of my professional experience it is rather surprising. Note that the author has not mentioned he was uncomfortable sitting there doing nothing. What he mentioned was: >we all pitched in. I actually quite enjoyed it. That looks like that was the first time for him ever. Also quite surprising - for me and my experience. PS. Also: >As soon as Musk became owner, there were always three things that had to be done by yesterday Sweet Jesus. Just "as soon"? Just three??