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Ofcourse. This is HN and not LinkedIn. We have a lot more people here who like bending rules as opposed to following them.
by chaostheory 4mo ago
Ofcourse. This is HN and not LinkedIn.
We have a lot more people here who like bending rules as opposed to following them.
- sanderjd 4mo agoYes, fair. I do feel like the twitter post walks this line a bit though, between "yes, I broke the rules, for a good reason!" which I think many of us here can probably respect to various degrees and "I don't understand what I did that was wrong".
- echoangle 4mo agoYou’re supposed to bend stupid rules but the one bent here is kind of important. I couldn’t trust an employee that does this, so I wouldn’t want to continue to employ them.
- chaostheory 4mo agoMy point is a good portion of HN is composed of pirates who don’t like rules and have a higher tolerance for risk. You can dislike that all you want for any given reason both valid and petty. However, what you’re seeing are core values from the people who created this community and the same type of people still run it today so you’re going to keep seeing this kind of thinking moving forward
- allarm 4mo ago> a good portion of HN is composed of pirates who don’t like rules and have a higher tolerance for risk That's cute.
- frollogaston 4mo agoYeah the risk tolerance here is probably well below average. Gotta go to the Nissan Altima forums.
- jfoster 4mo agoIn this case it seems like a bit of coaching could have retained a talented employee who has a preference for taking initiative. I have a hunch that the order of the day within big tech is to let go of anyone they can. As long as they provide a reason, it's one less headcount that needs to be laid off in the next round.