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This is an incredible comment. The part that drives people to absolute frustration is that you might be in some weird vestigial organ, either with no purpose or
by ludicity 3y ago
This is an incredible comment. The part that drives people to absolute frustration is that you might be in some weird vestigial organ, either with no purpose or with a purpose not at all aligned with what the organization is saying, and then waste years trying to "fix it". It's a bursting appendix, don't worry about it - or well, maybe this is a bit stretched now, remove it.
- lesuorac 3y agoYou might enjoy reading the external version [1] of View from Above [2] on apenwarr's blog. The internal version is much better if you can get a copy of that as it goes into his actual experience with trying to improve Google. Although IIUC you both read High Output Management so it might just be nice to know that even within fang people think things are wrong. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34385570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34385570 [2]: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20190926 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20190926
- willismichael 3y agoWell, if you find yourself as an individual contributor in some weird vestigial organ, I feel like you have a few choices: * Stay put to collect the money, with the morale cost of feeling like you don't have a purpose and the risk of getting axed if/when the bursting appendix gets removed * Proactively seek a lateral transfer to a position doing something more meaningful * Get out. Find a different employer. The latter two are likely better, but have their own risks.