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"How do we tear down parochialism and ego?" First, by not writing rambling, pretentious, navel-gazing, ignorant powerpoints. This would be amazing if it were s
by 0xbadcafebee 2y ago
"How do we tear down parochialism and ego?"
First, by not writing rambling, pretentious, navel-gazing, ignorant powerpoints. This would be amazing if it were satire.
- Dansvidania 2y agoI don't see what you see. Would you mind what part of this seems pretentious, navel-gazing, ignorant? ( I think rambling was stated in the article :)
- quonn 2y agoLiterally on the second slide: "I’ve done engineering since the turn of the century, and led small teams and biggish orgs." If that is not navel-gazing or humble bragging, what is?
- Dansvidania 2y agoI would propose to you that those might be factual statements. I don't really see any self-indulgence in stating where one is coming from when writing a post that is a critique of organizations. It is a pretty common thing for people giving a talk to introduce themselves to give an idea of the experience on which the information that follows is built, normally at much more length. I don't think it is uncommon for people on HN to have led small teams or biggish orgs :)
- quonn 2y agoI‘m sure it‘s factual and common, but it‘s tone-deaf given the slide deck title.
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