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terrible take. Just say some of those missions don't speak to you a be done with it. Why immediately say they are bullshit. It reminds me of this terrible book

terrible take. Just say some of those missions don't speak to you a be done with it. Why immediately say they are bullshit. It reminds me of this terrible book theorising that people have bullshit jobs, among others: - personal assistants, - door greeters, - executive assistants But in reality just the other day here on hacker news someone was essentially asking for a personal assistant. [1] 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39137625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39137625

quickthrower2 3y ago
> At Asana, our mission is to help humanity thrive by enabling the world’s teams to work together effortlessly. Come on! At some point let’s be normal people and say “yeah I wasn’t born yesterday”. The emperor is naked here!
- lo_zamoyski 3y ago
  https://youtu.be/FGiocp7_jE8 https://youtu.be/FGiocp7_jE8
ThinkBeat 3y ago
How do you define "door greeter" as? Does that include doormen/porters or just the people at WalMart for instance who will tell you "Hello" as you enter the store? So it is a pointless job since the vast majority of hotels, residential buildings and office buildings have eliminated that role, and they all remain in business. Not filling the role has had minor or no negative impact. I have never picked hotels or office space based on the criteria of having doorman. Nor if they had bellhops. I do think it is nice when there is a doorman and somewhat nice when there is a porter. The endless tipping I dont like. When it comes to an assistant that number of people employed in that role has also severely declined over the years, and most business continue to function without secretaries. (and save money). There are of course many types of personal assistants, and some more common than others. I would love to have one. Seriously. I cant afford one, and if I had enough money left over to hire one I doubt I would. So many tasks that a PA could handle for me are now easy to do via the net myself, plus if it comes to something specific, I need handled it is easy to "rent one" that will handle it.
jemmyw 3y ago
I take it then that you haven't read the book.

quickthrower2 3y ago

> At Asana, our mission is to help humanity thrive by enabling the world’s teams to work together effortlessly. Come on! At some point let’s be normal people and say “yeah I wasn’t born yesterday”. The emperor is naked here!

lo_zamoyski 3y ago
https://youtu.be/FGiocp7_jE8 https://youtu.be/FGiocp7_jE8

ThinkBeat 3y ago

How do you define "door greeter" as? Does that include doormen/porters or just the people at WalMart for instance who will tell you "Hello" as you enter the store? So it is a pointless job since the vast majority of hotels, residential buildings and office buildings have eliminated that role, and they all remain in business. Not filling the role has had minor or no negative impact. I have never picked hotels or office space based on the criteria of having doorman. Nor if they had bellhops. I do think it is nice when there is a doorman and somewhat nice when there is a porter. The endless tipping I dont like. When it comes to an assistant that number of people employed in that role has also severely declined over the years, and most business continue to function without secretaries. (and save money). There are of course many types of personal assistants, and some more common than others. I would love to have one. Seriously. I cant afford one, and if I had enough money left over to hire one I doubt I would. So many tasks that a PA could handle for me are now easy to do via the net myself, plus if it comes to something specific, I need handled it is easy to "rent one" that will handle it.

jemmyw 3y ago

I take it then that you haven't read the book.