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by mcrad 6y ago
Well, theory Y vs X probably isn't broad enough here. The article depicted a fairly complex management scenario, therefore broad strokes are appropriate.
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by mcrad 6y ago
The young-uns didn't get much out of the article, it seems. If you've been around a certain amount and variety of management failures or conflicts, you can see how much depends on the personality dimension of risk aversion. We oft
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by mcrad 6y ago
Your obsession with the token Racists in this essay is very funny. AND Sexism? There's an interesting conversation about "Humanity" happening, isn't there?
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by mcrad 6y ago
> Analysts with 1-2 years experience in SQL are often writing ETL This is the essence of Big Data.
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by mcrad 6y ago
Yes, economic slavery . Perfect word to describe the situation, regardless how hurt some might feel or think about it. Let's call it what it is.
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by mcrad 6y ago
Yes and no. Only meant to suggest that goalseeking is very....hmmmm, "pervasive" to the point of commonly accepted and fairly unprovable.
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by mcrad 6y ago
No goalseeking? This is a serious allegation what's your source?
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by mcrad 6y ago
"They don’t merely seek to display information about a system but to generate insights that human analysts use to change that system" Hasn't everyone noticed by now that it's those with the least knowledge of business an
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by mcrad 6y ago
Writing qualified candidates off as "overqualified" is a form of corruption and is very common in tech. It's far easier to cover up with the boredom-mitigation argument, than to admit low IQ/experience is easier to &quot
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by mcrad 7y ago
Hmmm. We had a whole course on measurement systems that get to the heart of understanding that source of your data and inevitable bias/error is more important than just crunching the data as given. For example, from a typical four year
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by mcrad 7y ago
That's insane. ME degrees that I know seem to be defined by industry (ie. application of theory). Nobody pursues that degree to stay in academia/research. Anyway you can always pursue an advanced degree if you want to stay in acad
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by mcrad 7y ago
> This is universal to STEM degrees I think. In mechanical engineering classes you analyze a beam, in real life you ... Hard to believe this. Don't these degrees require rigorous laboratory assignments where the student learns to di
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by mcrad 7y ago
Are you really advocating that managers should 'not' study ethics as a university course? I just can't comprehend this position, given the history of management blunders and scandals I've seen or read about, all with var
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by mcrad 7y ago
I personally don't think you are born with a great understanding of business ethics. Is CEO pay too high? Are drug prices fair? You think gut feeling is enough to answer but my suggestion is to do a little homework first.
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by mcrad 7y ago
Every MBA program has a required ethics course, which would go into depth about social responsibility and balancing short and long term gains. If anything we need more of our "leaders" to have truly studied these areas instead of
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by mcrad 7y ago
This is exactly right. The evidence is not an any academic journal but in the way power and money led to the demise of major political parties and other institutions. The trend led to a shoddy papering over of the last financial crisis, whi
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by mcrad 7y ago
So you prefer the word join and merge is tripping you up? It's not sql!
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by mcrad 7y ago
Heartbreaking is the word for me too. I started out more in ops research and did well, but after the early 2000s dotcom bust thought it would be wise to pivot toward software. Mythical job of tomorrow as it were. Now surrounded by charlatan
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by mcrad 7y ago
Which part? Definitely didn't pick up on that. I think you might have blown out of proportion the more subtle argument he was making. > My objection is that all this talk about STEM is just the latest way to keep our schools focused
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by mcrad 7y ago
It should be mentioned that the world's biggest problems are not really STEM oriented, but more about the humanities: political, cultural, legal, economic, etc. I don't think anyone is arguing directly against STEM education (as s
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by mcrad 7y ago
It sound pretty meaningless to me! It's like saying you're on your own and if anything goes wrong, don't tell me I didn't offer to help. Or the worst phrase ever: "let me know if you have any questions" (often
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by mcrad 7y ago
A cursory search of her name reveals no evidence she participated in any engineering activities, and this whole story is considered substantiating evidence. Sad. Look, I'd much prefer to see her boss fired than her but obviously Google
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by mcrad 7y ago
Sorry you're probably right, but what's unproductive is people believing the lie that she is an engineer, or considering her role in the company as irrelevant.
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by mcrad 7y ago
Labor unions serve to protect workers from poor physical working conditions...and in some cases their fragile ego too???
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by mcrad 7y ago
Ha! Get back in your bubble you sellout
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by mcrad 7y ago
I'm always surprised about workers attitudes on "transparency". Google created a monster, not only internally, but among troves of idealists in corporate America/SV who distrust structure and strategy in the business wor
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by mcrad 7y ago
How about teach them to crave slow data insight then?
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by mcrad 7y ago
Sad that this attitude has become the norm. You're basically saying you can do collaborative work with people over the long run without really knowing one another's values. A vicious cycle and "race to the bottom" in ter
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by mcrad 7y ago
Hate is a strong word - perhaps these voters you speak of simply don't feel there is a very strong correlation between amount of taxes/fees paid, and services rendered.
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by mcrad 7y ago
Do you find it difficult to sell the idea of automating the work of "entry-level data employees"? Middle management generally thrives by building kingdom of such minions.

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