Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by pinkmuffinere on Friday January 03, 2025 @12:03AM
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You don't have to be convinced, but to present an argument -- He knows how to lead a team with disparate skills and motivations towards a complex, poorly defined end-goal. That might sound like corporate B.S., but I truly believe that's a useful skill that not everyone has. Of course I expect he is relatively weak in his understanding of law, the dynamics of different government organizations, etc, but I expect (hope?) they're hiring others to fill in these gaps.
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Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by sangnoir on Friday January 03, 2025 @03:38AM
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Championship-winning 12th grade soccer captains probably have decent leadership skills, but that doesn't mean we they can automatically succeed as M&A advisors at a multinational. We don't need a blitz version of the Peter principle where people skip n-levels at a time.
Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by therouwboat on Friday January 03, 2025 @07:44AM
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Lets hope that DOGE is not just bunch of rich assholes who all think they are really smart.
Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by Voultapher on Friday January 03, 2025 @08:58AM
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So far all the arrows I've seen point in one direction ...
Whiz Kids 2.0 ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(Department_of_Defen...
That didn't work out too well but I guess I just see the cons in hindsight, not the pros.
For those not familiar with the 1960s "Whiz Kids" attempts of "smart people" to use data and statistics to "fix" business and then government/war, there is a nice brief overview of pros/cons/lessons at:
https://www.amnesta.net/other/whizKids/
Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by rstevens333 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:42PM
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too late.
Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by Barracoon on Friday January 03, 2025 @02:02PM
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Leading tech for a 250 person startup is surely different than wrangling the vast bureaucracy of the US Government, especially when the author says they didn't want to join Atlassian because they would have to deal with "politics" and "NPC coworkers". TBF DOGE as a non-governmental entity is just going to make bullshit recommendations to Trump and not have to actually deal with the consequences of things they recommend, so maybe it would have been perfect for this guy.