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What sort of chickenshit operation dings people for getting a bunch of bickering morons to listen to reason? Fuck them. And fuck you if you think there's some

What sort of chickenshit operation dings people for getting a bunch of bickering morons to listen to reason? Fuck them. And fuck you if you think there's some sort of more workplace appropriate way to get someone to pay attention when you're being ignored.

polarix 14y ago
In this case, presumably, Google.
- smsm42 14y ago
  Google is big. Big companies are usually run by bureaucracy and policies. Leave and go work in startup, which are usually run by people. I know, working in Google is cool and pays well. But there's no free lunch. I've always preferred smaller companies where you can actually talk to the CEO (and all people in between) and it's not that bad a place to be.
  - michaelhoffman 14y ago
    I thought all the food at the Googleplex was free, breakfast, dinner, and lunch.
    - smsm42 14y ago
      Turns out, you pay for it, just not in money.
  - derefr 14y ago
    > Leave and go work in startup, which are usually run by people. Keep in mind that, in full cynicism, the "CEO" of an SV startup is the VC; the guy who calls himself "CEO" is a product manager. If you actually want to work at a place where you have any chance of influencing things, make sure you can talk to the investors, not just the folks in your own office. (In a bootstrapped startup, the CEO is the investor, so this just becomes tautological.) [1] http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/gervais-principle-questioned-macleods-hierarchy-the-technocrat-and-vc-startups/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/gervais-princ... (there's 19 of these; I'd cite them all here, along with the previous Gervais Principle posts)
mattdeboard 14y ago
I like the cut of your jib. I try to leave out the cussing but cutting through smarmy corporate BS to actually accomplish stuff with minimal process is a valuable skill and one that should be cultivated by everyone.

polarix 14y ago

In this case, presumably, Google.

smsm42 14y ago
Google is big. Big companies are usually run by bureaucracy and policies. Leave and go work in startup, which are usually run by people. I know, working in Google is cool and pays well. But there's no free lunch. I've always preferred smaller companies where you can actually talk to the CEO (and all people in between) and it's not that bad a place to be.
- michaelhoffman 14y ago
  I thought all the food at the Googleplex was free, breakfast, dinner, and lunch.
  - smsm42 14y ago
    Turns out, you pay for it, just not in money.
- derefr 14y ago
  > Leave and go work in startup, which are usually run by people. Keep in mind that, in full cynicism, the "CEO" of an SV startup is the VC; the guy who calls himself "CEO" is a product manager. If you actually want to work at a place where you have any chance of influencing things, make sure you can talk to the investors, not just the folks in your own office. (In a bootstrapped startup, the CEO is the investor, so this just becomes tautological.) [1] http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/gervais-principle-questioned-macleods-hierarchy-the-technocrat-and-vc-startups/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/gervais-princ... (there's 19 of these; I'd cite them all here, along with the previous Gervais Principle posts)

mattdeboard 14y ago

I like the cut of your jib. I try to leave out the cussing but cutting through smarmy corporate BS to actually accomplish stuff with minimal process is a valuable skill and one that should be cultivated by everyone.