Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE

Re:Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE by kortilla on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @03:23PM (#33710962)

I don’t understand what the point is. You have the option already to hold on for 5 years+. Many people do this (especially employees with vesting schedules) and they are rewarded for doing it.

> is why people talk about the short term quarterly focus of Wall Street.

This is a false meme though. Tesla was worth more than multiple profitable long standing car manufacturers combined before it ever turned a profit. Investors fixate on short term performance when the company has no long term vision and deriving cash flows is much easier (e.g. a container ship holding company).

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Re:Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE by anon400232 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:17PM (#33712354)

> You have the option already to hold on for 5 years+.

The difference is having the option. :) Behavior tends to be different if you don't have the option to sell during a window of time.

In this hypothetical case it might serve as a built-in grace period. Companies that otherwise might have failed if measured and punished quarter by quarter might have time to build a product over five year time horizon.

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