Something I've been hearing from employees of big tech companies for my entire career, going back to the late 70s --> "Who the fuck are you?"#
That's what they say and do. So many examples. And almost all of them are gone. They were significant, maybe, for a few weeks. Then poof, some other asshole at some other tech giant comes along, and gets his or her (mostly his) few minutes to be a super asshole. #
How much more would we get done if we lived up to the hype about supporting innovation. You can't do a lot of that as some random putz inside of a bigco. #
You pretty much have to do what I've done, which is stay out of those monstrous structures, that is, if you want to actually do anything. #
And then of course the jerks come along and kick over your sand castle. #
So far I've survived them all. Knock wood, praise murph, etc. #
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