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Re:What are your company's anti-values? by blurker on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:29AM (#30374102)
How is "break things" not a negative? That seems really clear to me and I think is an excellent example!
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Re:What are your company's anti-values? by mytailorisrich on Thursday February 17, 2022 @03:56PM (#30378548)
If you advise people to "move fast, break things" then obviously you consider that this is a positive.

"Break things" is also obviously not to be understood in isolation. Of course breaking things for no reason is not positive. It means that you will break things if you move fast and take risk and that it is unavoidable and worth it.

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Re:What are your company's anti-values? by blurker on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:16PM (#30379426)
I see it being like this:

Value: move fast (positive)

Anti-value: break things (negative)

Breaking things is not positive normally, but it's the compromise for moving fast.

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Re:What are your company's anti-values? by mytailorisrich on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:56PM (#30379845)
But it's neither. It's "move fast, break things" as a whole to illustrate values of action and risk-taking.
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