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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by wildrhythms on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:25AM (#33464313)
What does it mean to be sharp in this context?
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by anthropodie on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:30AM (#33464355)
For me, if I were at beginning of my career I would have definitely joined Twitter. Because I have to work harder, compete harder, learn faster just to save my job. I think that sort of culture would make you sharp than others in your field very early in your career.

Then when you go and work at company like stripe, its easy.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by Blokje5 on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:40AM (#33464450)
That type of culture might also cause a burnout ending your career early.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by dasil003 on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:46AM (#33464517)
Do you mean working at Twitter now under Elon or historically? Because I’m not sure that Twitter has historically been more demanding.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by threeseed on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:53AM (#33464575)
And good luck to Twitter if they are looking to implement a Hunger Games style culture. However this type of attitude to work is extremely immature, counter-productive and proven to be harmful to both individuals and the company.

People are most productive over the long term when they feel encouraged, supported, self-motivated etc.

Positive emotions not negative ones like fear, coercion, hostility etc.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by tomp on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:07AM (#33464726)
> However this type of attitude to work is extremely immature, counter-productive and proven to be harmful to both individuals and the company.

Because SpaceX and Tesla totally crashed and burned and are doing so much worse than Boeing and Volkswagen?

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by JaimeThompson on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:40AM (#33465019)
SpaceX and Tesla would have crashed and burned had it not been for government, of all levels, subsidizing them. Something that, now that he has benefited from it, Musk is against others having.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by ren_engineer on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:20AM (#33466181)
>government, of all levels, subsidizing them

and the established automakers with billion dollar war chests didn't have access to the same subsidies if they had innovated and made electric cars that didn't suck? The established military industrial complex companies like Boeing and Lockheed that have failed in their space endeavors aren't subsidized?

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by JaimeThompson on Friday November 04, 2022 @04:59PM (#33473671)
Musk doesn't want others to have the same subsidies that he received. It's a bit telling if you think about it.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by threeseed on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:15AM (#33464804)
Not sure. I think we should increase the sample size to include Boring Company and Hyperloop.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by tiahura on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:40AM (#33465580)
You think those failed because of corporate culture and not market fit?
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by threeseed on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:47AM (#33465674)
You think SpaceX and Tesla succeeded because of corporate culture and not market fit?
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by tomp on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:11AM (#33466047)
Clearly.

Legacy car brands had electric cars (Toyota, BMW definitely). Boeing could have created landing rockets. Market wanted those products from anyone.

Why didn't they? Because they're dinosaurs, asleep at the wheel. Bad corporate culture.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by kaba0 on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:16AM (#33466122)
While I do rather think that tesla and spacex has an unhealthy work cultural based on the limited things I read about it, these two ideas are just ridiculously dump to the point where a 3 years old wouldn’t have come up with “cars in a tunnel”.. they are ridiculous.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by jquery on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:07AM (#33465984)
Elon shows all the signs of thinking he can do absolutely no wrong because his fan base keeps telling him so.

Nothing about this acquisition as been impressive or promising. I see no sign of that changing. A mass disrespectful layoff like this is going to backfire, hugely.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by kaba0 on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:13AM (#33466081)
Tesla stock is a huge bubble, so I’m not sure they are doing as good actually as their ratings would indicate..
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by Overtonwindow on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:05AM (#33465938)
I would go to work for Twitter, if only to work for Elon. It would be better than any comparable education. Maybe I last a month, maybe I last my career, but I will probably learn a lot.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by kaba0 on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:17AM (#33466152)
You want to learn from an egoistic manchild who managed to make a terrible deal and forced himself to actually go through with it to buy a company that has yet to turn a profit, and I’m almost sure it will never, because he is the owner?
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by Overtonwindow on Saturday November 05, 2022 @09:35AM (#33481319)
Yes.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by pyb on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:34AM (#33464971)
Or you might just discover that cut-throat companies often build low quality products.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by UncleMeat on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:28AM (#33465461)
> Because I have to work harder, compete harder, learn faster just to save my job. I think that sort of culture would make you sharp than others in your field very early in your career.

That's a great way to get a bunch of cowboys in their 20s who think they are hot shit after five years in the industry while kicking out the people with deep experience because they actually like spending time with their families. Now you've got hyper-trendy software design everywhere with nothing supporting it.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by onpensionsterm on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:43AM (#33466557)
Perhaps you should delete prod so you have to work harder, compete harder, learn faster just to save your job