Re:If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to ...
by anonyme-honteux on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:40PM
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As people get very very rich, they don't get better, they only get worse because they are more and more insulated from reality. They are surrounded with people who have a huge financial interest in telling the big boss what they think he wants to hear. They are more and more alone. It's like the tale with the king being naked and nobody daring to tell him.
As an example look at Elon Musk's tunnel under Las Vegas[1]. Many engineers I know would have been able to explain from the start why it was a dumb idea. But among Elon Musk's inner circle nobody was able to tell him that.
There is always the tentation to not look at the behavior of the billionaire-child and say look at the smart people around him. Those are the Adults in the Room(tm). But we know that in fact the adults in the room are not the ones in charge.
As an example look at Elon Musk's tunnel under Las Vegas[1]. Many engineers I know would have been able to explain from the start why it was a dumb idea. But among Elon Musk's inner circle nobody was able to tell him that.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8NiM_p8n5A
There is always the tentation to not look at the behavior of the billionaire-child and say look at the smart people around him. Those are the Adults in the Room(tm). But we know that in fact the adults in the room are not the ones in charge.