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Thomas Beirne retweeted
One huge mistake that many managers make is to tell a senior member of their team:
“<XYZ> is entirely your decision. I am here to serve you. I will defer to whatever your decision is here.”
This happens at all levels e.g. a Founder/CEO delegating “product strategy” to the CPO.
Thomas Beirne retweeted
Not buying T*es*la after this as it’s a clear sign they ship things without proper testing and it will be way riskier on the road 😰
On one end, impressive that this new, verified feature got built and shipped in a week, people working 84 hour weeks.
On the other: it doesn’t work.
I’m a Twitter Blue subscriber. The new app tells me I now have a verified checkmark. But I don’t.
Fast work, but sloppy work.
ALT Screenshot saying “Blue looks good on you. Enjoy your verified account and blue checkmark.”
Thomas Beirne retweeted
Every so often I see a Twitter thread where a new manager asks for advice, and inevitably, someone in the comments below says something to the effect of, "hire awesome people, listen to them and get out of their way"
Let me tell ya, this is not advice. It's wishful thinking
Thomas Beirne retweeted
me, my entire career: i would like to be trusted to make more decisions
me, being trusted to make more decisions: this sucks. what the hell
Thomas Beirne retweeted
Why hello, patriarchy! Let's dig in on this tweet, where one of the kings of Silicon Valley gives the the game away:
Thomas Beirne retweeted
Today PG sat down, wrote this tweet, glanced it over when he was done and said to himself: “Yup, sounds reasonable.”
You know who thinks this is reasonable? Massive misogynists and racists.
To think that AGM deserves a job over the safety of every women and POC at Apple is 🤯
Thomas Beirne retweeted
today, march 31st is international transgender visibility day. if you are cis and you want to be a good ally please read this thread.
Thomas Beirne retweeted
Corollary: Critical thinking cannot be featurized into toolkits, replaced with checklists, or automated into workflows.
and this isn't just a personal philosophy, it's also a finding in this paper where we analyzed course objectives :) cmci.colorado.edu/~cafi5706/…
Thomas Beirne retweeted
"Don't speak ill of the dead!" is how a person finds themselves hugging Black folk at their church, and then giving the eulogy at Strom Thurmond's funeral. 🤷🏿♂️
The capitol riots are still fresh in the memory. And we still don't get it. We still don't understand how we got here.