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Stack-ranking is this idea that emerges when a bunch of bored, overpaid and underemployed people of marginal intellect (that's being generous) watch a terrorist
by michaelochurch 14y ago
Stack-ranking is this idea that emerges when a bunch of bored, overpaid and underemployed people of marginal intellect (that's being generous) watch a terrorist attack on TV and decide, "It be funna' do that to, hurr hurr, a comph-uh-ny!". The caretaker who wipes the shit off their mirrors every morning reminds them that they have executive positions and can actually act out their childish fantasies, so they do.
- alttag 14y agoThere have been several articles posted here at HN that complain (rightly, IMNSHO) about stack ranking and the inner turmoil it engenders. (For example, why share a shortcut or automation if using it when others do not makes you appear superior?) I'm curious, does MSFT still enforce the stacks? The OP made it sound like the scale was independent of one's relative rank.
- kamaal 14y agoI don't know why you are being down voted, because there is some truth in what you say. The point is so called senior managers and executives you see today in the vast majority of the companies are totally undeserving of what they get. They didn't make it to the top on merit. Most of them had it easy, they made it big during gold rush in the IT boom. They were just there in the right place at the right time. Most of them if were to compete with even a average developer of our time, will not last much longer.
- jrockway 14y agoI propose this instead of perf: http://sportsfixchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Boston-Sunshine-Academny-Reports-Card-300x258.jpg http://sportsfixchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Bosto...