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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by andyjohnson0 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:53AM (#33393280)
> If I were a engineer at Twitter, I'd do my absolute best up to the minute I have to leave the premises. Because I would care about the company, my colleagues and most importantly for the >200m people who use Twitter for fun, educational, business and those who depend on it.

I'm an old beard too and this seems (sorry) borderline delusional to me. Even in normal circumstances that kind of devotion to an employer never pays off - financially or emotionally. Companies the size of Twitter do not "care" and the product certainly doesn't. Caring back just sets you up for an inevitable, brusing collision with reality.

In twitter's present situation, and given the well-known personality traits of its new owner, I'd argue that exit planning is the only sane thing for an employee to be doing with their time right now.

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by upsidesinclude on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:01PM (#33396210)
Place the comment in context. The other post is advocating for actively destroying the company
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by andyjohnson0 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @02:33PM (#33397232)
I was commenting on @TheChaplain saying they'd do their "absolute best up to the minute I have to leave" and offering an opinion asymetric loyalty in tech businesses. Thats all I was commenting on. I think thats pretty clear.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by nickitolas on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:51PM (#33400324)
The comment very explicitly said "passively" which is the opposite of "actively":

> Passively destroying Twitter from within by not trying

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by upsidesinclude on Monday October 31, 2022 @12:36PM (#33408316)
Are lies of omission not still lies?
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by freejazz on Monday October 31, 2022 @12:33AM (#33402113)
The only context that makes something reasonable is being reasonable.
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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by nickm12 on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:35AM (#33402395)
I don't think TheChaplain is saying you should be devoted to your employer, but rather to respect your work, your colleagues, your customers, and your company. That is not even incompatible with planning an exit. The best people I've worked with put in an effort to the end, even when they are on the way out, because they are professionals.
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