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Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much (or stuck doing things that amounted

Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much (or stuck doing things that amounted to not much). Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk.

TheHappyOddish 4y ago
> Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk. People keep saying this, but I'm yet to see the fire the smoke implies.
themitigating 4y ago
"Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much " Based on what?
- staindk 4y ago
  Their number of devs combined with how the platform has looked/felt the same for 10 straight years?
mythhouse 4y ago
I worked at twitter's data engineering org in 2018. It was the most relaxed work culture I've experienced. Great WLB ( code for its ok to coast) . Spent my winters working from ski resorts and ski lodges. My mental and physical health were at all time high.
- elygre 4y ago
  Why is “great WLB” code for “ok to coast”? What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?
  - ElevenLathe 4y ago
    There's no such thing when you define "coasting" to mean "work 40 hours a week plus unpaid on-call between 30% and 100% of the rest of your time."
    - xboxnolifes 4y ago
      They didn't though. One can still have the difference between putting in the bare minimum 40 hours per week or put in their best effort 40 hours per week.
  - mythhouse 4y ago
    > What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting? what is 'actual great WLB' ?
    - abdulhaq 4y ago
      Work life balance
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    I’m not sure there’s consensus on definitions, but a lot of people (particularly in Big Tech land) do seem to use the term “coasting” to describe working a normal 40 hour week, as opposed to the sort of thing that goes on in the likes of Amazon.
- astrange 4y ago
  Sounds dangerous. You could tear your ACL.
  - mythhouse 4y ago
    small price to pay.

TheHappyOddish 4y ago

> Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk. People keep saying this, but I'm yet to see the fire the smoke implies.

themitigating 4y ago

"Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much " Based on what?

staindk 4y ago
Their number of devs combined with how the platform has looked/felt the same for 10 straight years?

mythhouse 4y ago

I worked at twitter's data engineering org in 2018. It was the most relaxed work culture I've experienced. Great WLB ( code for its ok to coast) . Spent my winters working from ski resorts and ski lodges. My mental and physical health were at all time high.

elygre 4y ago
Why is “great WLB” code for “ok to coast”? What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?
- ElevenLathe 4y ago
  There's no such thing when you define "coasting" to mean "work 40 hours a week plus unpaid on-call between 30% and 100% of the rest of your time."
  - xboxnolifes 4y ago
    They didn't though. One can still have the difference between putting in the bare minimum 40 hours per week or put in their best effort 40 hours per week.
- mythhouse 4y ago
  > What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting? what is 'actual great WLB' ?
  - abdulhaq 4y ago
    Work life balance
- rsynnott 4y ago
  I’m not sure there’s consensus on definitions, but a lot of people (particularly in Big Tech land) do seem to use the term “coasting” to describe working a normal 40 hour week, as opposed to the sort of thing that goes on in the likes of Amazon.
astrange 4y ago
Sounds dangerous. You could tear your ACL.
- mythhouse 4y ago
  small price to pay.