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I am not sure what opinion I have on this one. - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human

I am not sure what opinion I have on this one. - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human touch. - Heck, any human tragedy email should _probably_ have a human touch. - Does the university want to pay the Dean to write emails? - Does the Dean want to write emails? - What is the Dean doing for a quarter mil a year? - Probably playing around with ChatGPT? - For a quarter mil a year, could we not hire a bunch of grads to study GPTs? No, I am just not sure how I feel about a GPT writing an email for a Dean about a mass shooting.

MattGrommes 4y ago
Most emails from Deans are actually written by the communication department of the University. In case that changes your thoughts on the matter.
- onetimeusename 4y ago
  What would you say you do here?
- sangnoir 4y ago
  The article referred to the duo as the deans who "signed off" on the letter (paraphrasing). I wonder of the actual author(s) in the comms department also got suspended for automating the one thing they are paid to do.
vosper 4y ago
Haha, this is why sometimes people don't really like "five whys" - you can get to an uncomfortable place pretty quickly... Q1. Why was the service down for so long? A1: Because the on-call engineer didn't respond to the pager Q2: Why didn't the on-call engineer respond? A2: Because they're exhausted from being on-call so often since the team was downsized Q3: Why was the team downsized? A3: Because the manager's manager's manager is reducing headcount this year? Q4: Why is the manager's manager's manager reducing headcount? A4: Because they're trying to bring the departments spend down for the year Q5: Why are they trying to bring the spend down? A5: Because they know their boss, the CTO, is interviewing at the moment. And the CFO is golf buddies with the CEO, and the CFO is always going on about improving efficiency. So if the manager's manager's manager can reduce spend this year it'll look really efficient to the CFO, and maybe they can line-up that CTO role when their boss leaves. (sarcasm?)
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bo1024 4y ago
I think you're implicitly assuming (1) the email must be written and (2) it doesn't matter what the email actually contains, who writes it, or if it's good or bad. Might get some mileage out of examining those.
cyanydeez 4y ago
They just named the owners son some made up executive title. It's not like executives are where they're at because of some exceptional skill.
- fastball 4y ago
  Are you posting in the right thread? What owner? What son?
patrick451 4y ago
> - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. 250k is a decent salary, but not really a lot in this day and age. Especially for the head of such a large organization.
- telotortium 4y ago
  At Vanderbilt (in Nashville, Tennessee) $250k is still quite good. It's not like the Bay Area.
fastball 4y ago
It's not THE Dean, it's some deans – Vanderbilt seems to have many deans, and these were (minor) deans of the office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

MattGrommes 4y ago

Most emails from Deans are actually written by the communication department of the University. In case that changes your thoughts on the matter.

onetimeusename 4y ago
What would you say you do here?
sangnoir 4y ago
The article referred to the duo as the deans who "signed off" on the letter (paraphrasing). I wonder of the actual author(s) in the comms department also got suspended for automating the one thing they are paid to do.

vosper 4y ago

Haha, this is why sometimes people don't really like "five whys" - you can get to an uncomfortable place pretty quickly... Q1. Why was the service down for so long? A1: Because the on-call engineer didn't respond to the pager Q2: Why didn't the on-call engineer respond? A2: Because they're exhausted from being on-call so often since the team was downsized Q3: Why was the team downsized? A3: Because the manager's manager's manager is reducing headcount this year? Q4: Why is the manager's manager's manager reducing headcount? A4: Because they're trying to bring the departments spend down for the year Q5: Why are they trying to bring the spend down? A5: Because they know their boss, the CTO, is interviewing at the moment. And the CFO is golf buddies with the CEO, and the CFO is always going on about improving efficiency. So if the manager's manager's manager can reduce spend this year it'll look really efficient to the CFO, and maybe they can line-up that CTO role when their boss leaves. (sarcasm?)

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bo1024 4y ago

I think you're implicitly assuming (1) the email must be written and (2) it doesn't matter what the email actually contains, who writes it, or if it's good or bad. Might get some mileage out of examining those.

cyanydeez 4y ago

They just named the owners son some made up executive title. It's not like executives are where they're at because of some exceptional skill.

fastball 4y ago
Are you posting in the right thread? What owner? What son?

patrick451 4y ago

> - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. 250k is a decent salary, but not really a lot in this day and age. Especially for the head of such a large organization.

telotortium 4y ago
At Vanderbilt (in Nashville, Tennessee) $250k is still quite good. It's not like the Bay Area.

fastball 4y ago

It's not THE Dean, it's some deans – Vanderbilt seems to have many deans, and these were (minor) deans of the office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.