Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me Sick

Re:Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me ... by doctor_eval on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:57PM (#31345674)

OMG yes. Leadership and vision are essential for success. There is an absolute shit-ton of asshat, visionless leadership in the world, and in my experience they act so entitled and worldly while they crush the business that feeds them. Not that I’m bitter or anything.

I highlighted this in TFA,

> Any team needs expert leadership to thrive, and expert leaders need support from the people they report to so they can do what’s necessary.

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Re:Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me ... by ROTMetro on Thursday May 12, 2022 @02:22AM (#31349928)

But isn't vision just holding firmly to a plan and sticking with it? The same thing people here are complaining about C-Levels doing? Rigidly plunging ahead (driving towards the vision) and not sidetracking from the vision instead taking everyone's input?

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Re:Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me ... by doctor_eval on Thursday May 12, 2022 @06:24AM (#31351806)

Not the same, no. Plans are tactical; vision is strategic, or maybe even above strategy. And in my experience, people really struggle to understand that some plans just aren’t compatible with the vision, and should be abandoned.

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Re:Why I Quit Google’s WebAssembly Team, and How It Made Me ... by throwaway6532 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @10:21PM (#31348527)

>Not that I’m bitter or anything.

Hahahahah. Me neither man, me neither.

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