Cliff Secord on Nostr: Before I went into business not long ago, I worked as an engineer for a major OEM. I ...
Before I went into business not long ago, I worked as an engineer for a major OEM. I saw a disturbing trend, especially with the younger cohort. See, they were the ones who fully bought in to the whole telework thing years ago. It took the company I worked for years to finally force these fucks to show up. In any case, these kids were now at their desks fully snapped into Teams virtual meetings all day every day, with zero interaction with anybody else physically present. Literally teleworking in place.
Whenever any of them did speak, their extreme timidness made you wonder if they were shielded their whole life; their weakling, sickly appearance & behavior confirmed it. The product of spending their formative years at a day care center while both their parents worked, while fed a steady diet of processed fast food.
I was tasked with a major project with one of these people. It got bad enough to the point where one day we were holding a very anticipated pre-test readiness review. This guy was supposed to co-present with me. All the leadership was in the room. This guy wasn't. Less than a minute before it started, I stormed off to go find him. Where was he? At his desk, headset on, dialed into the meeting!
After saying some choice words to him, he finally came over, but not to worry, as his supervisors made ME out to be the bad guy in the whole thing. This was not the first time something like that had happened, but I had had enough.
That evening, I told the three cats I am now business partners with and said "I'm in". Not long after, I went to my management's office, handed over my credentials, and walked out. Best decision I ever made.
Whenever any of them did speak, their extreme timidness made you wonder if they were shielded their whole life; their weakling, sickly appearance & behavior confirmed it. The product of spending their formative years at a day care center while both their parents worked, while fed a steady diet of processed fast food.
I was tasked with a major project with one of these people. It got bad enough to the point where one day we were holding a very anticipated pre-test readiness review. This guy was supposed to co-present with me. All the leadership was in the room. This guy wasn't. Less than a minute before it started, I stormed off to go find him. Where was he? At his desk, headset on, dialed into the meeting!
After saying some choice words to him, he finally came over, but not to worry, as his supervisors made ME out to be the bad guy in the whole thing. This was not the first time something like that had happened, but I had had enough.
That evening, I told the three cats I am now business partners with and said "I'm in". Not long after, I went to my management's office, handed over my credentials, and walked out. Best decision I ever made.