dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA Googler who just resigned after 18 years reflects on the decline of the company he lovedln.hixie.chexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1707arrow-down110
arrow-up1697arrow-down1external-linkA Googler who just resigned after 18 years reflects on the decline of the company he lovedln.hixie.chdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoThey aren’t even out if ideas, it’s management which demands safe ideas only with huge returns, so they block common sense shit because it doesn’t boost the quarterly results
minus-squareCase@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·1 year agoThat’s a symptom of capitalism as a whole. The whole perpetual growth, and being legally bound to try to provide that to shareholders, means only “safe” ideas are given any traction. The only time any “innovative” comes out is when billionaires have a pipe dream. However, they lack the skills or expertise (or even common sense) to execute them. Musk had ideas, bought his way into leadership, and essentially had to be corralled by handlers while other people did the actual hard work. Then, at the platform formally known as Twitter, with no handlers… Well, the world has seen how an unleashed Musk handles that. Spoiler: not well.
They aren’t even out if ideas, it’s management which demands safe ideas only with huge returns, so they block common sense shit because it doesn’t boost the quarterly results
That’s a symptom of capitalism as a whole.
The whole perpetual growth, and being legally bound to try to provide that to shareholders, means only “safe” ideas are given any traction.
The only time any “innovative” comes out is when billionaires have a pipe dream.
However, they lack the skills or expertise (or even common sense) to execute them.
Musk had ideas, bought his way into leadership, and essentially had to be corralled by handlers while other people did the actual hard work.
Then, at the platform formally known as Twitter, with no handlers… Well, the world has seen how an unleashed Musk handles that. Spoiler: not well.