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Can someone please explain what a "distressed baby" is in this context? And why did AOL foot a million dollar bill for each and then blame the mothers?
by geetee 13y ago
Can someone please explain what a "distressed baby" is in this context? And why did AOL foot a million dollar bill for each and then blame the mothers?
- selmnoo 13y agoBecause he's an asshole with a long and illustrious history of doing shit like this? I'm just really sad that we, the programmers and engineers, keep letting people like him climb up the ladder.
- a3n 13y agoWe, the programmers and engineers, have absolutely no say in the matter. If you wanted that influence you should have been an MBA. We're Morlocks.
- mattgreenrocks 13y agoBut the need to professionalize is way overdue: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/programmers-dont-need-a-union-we-need-a-profession/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/programmers-d...
- dragonwriter 13y agoNah, programmers and engineers aren't Morlocks to executives Eloi -- when was the last time a programmer or engineer ate a C-suite exec? Serfs, not Morlocks.
- pgrote 13y agoIt may relate to prematurity. The cost of hospitalization of a premature baby can be 500K to 1.5 million on average given a 20-40 day stay in the NICU. AOL's insurance would cover it and rates might rise slightly, but it is disingenuous to blame the women. AOL might be self-insured, but I doubt it.
- geetee 13y ago"You can only have health insurance until someone actually needs to use it." What a shitty company.
- riggins 13y agoLots of possibilities. A premature birth. An congenital heart defect. etc. Also, my read is that Armstrong thought he was going to sound like a great guy ... doing everything they could to help the distressed babies.