Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network close...
by bigiain on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:02AM
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Not sure the micro managing founder ever found out people were using it to alert when he arrived. His asshole tendencies extended beyond micromanaging staff, and he ended up in a fight with the other two founders that resulted in him leaving the country with a warrant for his arrest of fraud charges within about a year.
People in his firing line would mostly use it to make sure that they were at their desk and had Jira open while waiting for something to compile, instead of HN or Reddit…
The managers-in-the-building website dashboard stayed running for at least several years after that, when I left, and it was still in regular use. People liked being able to do things like go “Hey, we’ve got the PM, Account Manager, and the CEO all in the office right now, let’s grab the tech lead security guys, and set up a 3 minute corridor meeting to make this decision.”
People in his firing line would mostly use it to make sure that they were at their desk and had Jira open while waiting for something to compile, instead of HN or Reddit…
The managers-in-the-building website dashboard stayed running for at least several years after that, when I left, and it was still in regular use. People liked being able to do things like go “Hey, we’ve got the PM, Account Manager, and the CEO all in the office right now, let’s grab the tech lead security guys, and set up a 3 minute corridor meeting to make this decision.”