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> I would assume his talk must have been approved internally in some way or form (unless any employee was able to give any talk they wanted without any form of

> I would assume his talk must have been approved internally in some way or form (unless any employee was able to give any talk they wanted without any form of supervision, in which case there's a deeper problem here). I would detest working at such a place; having to run my technical presentations through a filter would be constricting and off putting. Unless given by a person in the marketing department, I would never assume a presentation made by an employee reflected the values aims or goals of the company as a whole. > why wasn't this terrible "joke" cut out from the slides months ago? Why, when the guy was preparing his talk, presumably rehearsing it in front of his coworkers, sending the PDF of the slide to organizers of the event, etc., did no one speak up and say "Dude, that slide is sexist and doesn't add anything of value to your talk - just remove it"? pfffft, I'm lucky if I've created my decks the day before the presentation. It's not unusual to go to a conference/event and find half the speakers writing decks in the hours before.

danpalmer 12y ago
> I would detest working at such a place; having to run my technical presentations through a filter would be constricting and off putting. I think it can be done without being restrictive or off putting. The place I last worked at required all public talks and training sessions to happen internally first. It was a great way to promote constant learning, share new skills and emphasise company values. It had the side effect of being a great way to check presentations, even if that's just checking for typos, but it would also catch this sort of issue. As many startups are finding, there comes a time, and a size of company, when you do need some process specifically to prevent things like this. It's annoying, but there way ways to make it a positive thing instead of a negative thing. > Unless given by a person in the marketing department, I would never assume a presentation made by an employee reflected the values aims or goals of the company as a whole. Unfortunately that's not what the press think, and even more unfortunately, it's often the press view that matters most.
- daurnimator 12y ago
  > As many startups are finding, there comes a time, and a size of company, when you do need some process specifically to prevent things like this. It's annoying, but there way ways to make it a positive thing instead of a negative thing. Quite possibly, but this is one of the lures of an early stage start up for me.

danpalmer 12y ago

> I would detest working at such a place; having to run my technical presentations through a filter would be constricting and off putting. I think it can be done without being restrictive or off putting. The place I last worked at required all public talks and training sessions to happen internally first. It was a great way to promote constant learning, share new skills and emphasise company values. It had the side effect of being a great way to check presentations, even if that's just checking for typos, but it would also catch this sort of issue. As many startups are finding, there comes a time, and a size of company, when you do need some process specifically to prevent things like this. It's annoying, but there way ways to make it a positive thing instead of a negative thing. > Unless given by a person in the marketing department, I would never assume a presentation made by an employee reflected the values aims or goals of the company as a whole. Unfortunately that's not what the press think, and even more unfortunately, it's often the press view that matters most.

daurnimator 12y ago
> As many startups are finding, there comes a time, and a size of company, when you do need some process specifically to prevent things like this. It's annoying, but there way ways to make it a positive thing instead of a negative thing. Quite possibly, but this is one of the lures of an early stage start up for me.