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> Every organization and industry has watering holes where the whiners hang out. The cynical. The jaded. I wish. I've worked for startups where I would've kill
by wavemode 1y ago
> Every organization and industry has watering holes where the whiners hang out. The cynical. The jaded.
I wish. I've worked for startups where I would've killed to have such a space, where people actually felt free to criticize the way things were going.
Toxic positivity is a thing too.
- ge96 1y agoBlind (a watering hole)? edit: ehh this is external though
- golergka 1y agoToo toxic to take it seriously
- bravesoul2 1y agoTC or gtfo .... As they say
- buggy6257 1y agoFor me in every startup I’ve worked this ended up just being a self selecting group slack DM where we would mock things. We didn’t hate the places but there’s always stuff to have fun with like that. We would just recognize each other and keep adding people.
- 0x696C6961 1y agoIn my experience this is the same group who is actually fixing things.
- only-one1701 1y agoToxic positivity, you mean the entire tech industry since 2013 or so?
- yodsanklai 1y agoThere's a lot of toxic positivity in my company. Without the whiners, it would feel like a mental asylum. It's great to know that you're not alone. But I agree, constant negativity doesn't help.