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I never worked for apple, but huge companies with established, incumbent cash flows and huge moats can bear a truly, spectacularly, mind-bogglingly incredible a
by atomicnumber3 2y ago
I never worked for apple, but huge companies with established, incumbent cash flows and huge moats can bear a truly, spectacularly, mind-bogglingly incredible amount of internal dysfunction while still generally going forward. This can make it really crushing to be a sensible, well-intended single person inside this beast where you have essentially no power yourself.
- ForTheKidz 2y agoYes. And part of why you're paid exorbitantly at these places is to absorb, manage, and counteract this dysfunction. This can be exhausting and lonely work.
- snailmailstare 2y agoCounteract might be the wrong word.. The ongoing dysfunction doesn't fall from the sky, it is largely a consequence of people prioritizing the goals they are assigned for the betterment of their group, etc.
- nullc 2y ago> and counteract this dysfunction correction: and facilitate this dysfunction
- gcr 2y agothis is a deeply insightful comment, thank you. i worked at a FAANG for six years and this matches my experience. there's a variety of responses: - to burn out. sometimes the flameout is spectacular, other times it's a quiet, lonely exit. - to "go with the flow." soft-quit, accept that the dysfunction is there and narrow your own expectations within it - (rarely) to productively challenge it, and -- through picking battles and careful resource management -- push through and make something truly good for yourself or your reports. this is situational. all three are often present in one career at different times.