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Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on... by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday July 15, 2021 @05:52AM (#27842992)
Chances of getting to an influential position in a corporation if you're not already an influential person are a good approximation to zero.

And even if you did get somehow manage to get into an influential position, you're still going to get pushback from the board, from shareholders, from customers, and sometimes also from employees.

How many examples can you give of people successfully improving toxic industries from the inside?

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Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on... by imgabe on Thursday July 15, 2021 @05:58AM (#27843039)
> Chances of getting to an influential position in a corporation if you're not already an influential person are a good approximation to zero.

All of the influential people that will ever exist, already exist. No new people will ever become influential.

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