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This article always struck me as being composed of two distinctly different opinions. One, Aaron's assertion that employees at Google are being infantilized. Tw
by ihodes 13y ago
This article always struck me as being composed of two distinctly different opinions. One, Aaron's assertion that employees at Google are being infantilized. Two, that Google's mission and their overall morale and sense of purpose has changed.
Two may be true; I can't speak but anecdotally to this (and nor could he).
But One always struck me as very mean-spirited and unnecessary. As if told by the father in Peter Pan, or Scrooge. As if Google's engineers should be wearing suits (like the "lowlifes" he so despises?) and sitting in Aeron chairs, only, and forgetting about such silly things as dinosaurs and space travel.
- walid 13y agoYou do know that one of Aaron's strengths, or at least a point of focus, was gamification. Looking at this article in that light you realize that he was trying to stir up a conversation. He also didn't seem to bother to be nice, at least when he had an opposing opinion.
- pjscott 13y agoI think the word for that is "trolling." And you're right: the article does make more sense when looked at that way.
- PavlovsCat 13y ago> I think the word for that is "trolling." There is a difference between stirring up a conversation you think needs to be had, by simply not beating around the bush in regards to an opinion you actually hold -- and pretending to have an opinion you know to be controversial, just so people waste their energy discussing something you couldn't care less about. Calling anything you disagree with, or anything written without caring how others might take it, a "troll" is at best mistaken, at worst a nice try.
- judk 13y agoThe word for it is "contrarian", trying to make a name for himself by declaring himself opposite of the popular #1 (Google)