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"The shareholders are too well-represented" is one of the complaints least likely to be acted on, second only to "I'm getting old."
by whatshisface 3y ago
"The shareholders are too well-represented" is one of the complaints least likely to be acted on, second only to "I'm getting old."
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoSure, anti-capitalist-impulse Me 100% agrees. It's just doubly icky in the context of Google's original "letter to shareholders": https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/business/letter-from-the-founders.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/business/letter-from-the-... ("Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one")
- avarun 3y agoHaha that’s a great find. Google may be one of the most conventional companies out there now.
- whatshisface 3y ago"One of the most conventional companies" sounds like some kind of paradox.
- minwcnt5 3y agoTo some extent that's because conventional tech companies became Google.
- anticensor 3y agoThey are still not a conventional company, in the manner of intentionally shutting down support avenues to paying customers even.
- geodel 3y agoKinda like kids who claimed to become Rocket scientists when grow up. But now flipping burgers at McDonald's. Big liars living among us.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoI resemble that remark! Ok, well, maybe not burgers
- globalise83 3y agoDo you flip user stories too?
- whatshisface 3y agoFlipping kanban cards. ):-|
- cmrdporcupine 3y ago"What is my purpose?"
- niyikiza 3y agoMr Meeseeks with extra steps.
- desdenova 3y agoAt least the second one is very easy to act upon.