Re:Culture at Coinbase
by prepend on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:06AM
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I worked for a big consulting firm and stupidly raised my hand in a regional rollout meeting for our new “strategy.”
I got like five minutes from a few partners saying that it was actually unique and no one could replicate because our people are so awesome.
That helped form my idea that these things are ritual, not content. It’s just about focusing attention and building community, not actually meaning anything. These are corporate mcguffins.
They are useful for trying to find meaningful work as people who say these things are probably “not cool” or are sacrificing their “cool” toward some greater purpose (eg, money, fame, martyrdom).
I got like five minutes from a few partners saying that it was actually unique and no one could replicate because our people are so awesome.
That helped form my idea that these things are ritual, not content. It’s just about focusing attention and building community, not actually meaning anything. These are corporate mcguffins.
They are useful for trying to find meaningful work as people who say these things are probably “not cool” or are sacrificing their “cool” toward some greater purpose (eg, money, fame, martyrdom).