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Re:Every .gov Domain by pavlov on Friday February 21, 2025 @08:07AM (#43126989)
Let’s imagine a Fortune 50 corporation wants to improve efficiency and audit its books for fraud.

Should they:

1) Hire professional auditors and business consultants to perform the undoubtedly massive review;

2) Ask the CEO of one of their suppliers to do the review as a fun side gig, let the CEO bring in a tiny team of teenage whiz kids, and give them full god mode access to the company’s books and databases and HR systems to they can fire anyone at will and ask questions later?

The approach chosen by America’s chief executive is bafflingly #2.

It’s worth noting that Trump has no experience managing a large corporation. All his businesses are partnerships with very few employees. He has no competence for this kind of thing, so he’s delegating everything to Musk who is the proverbial fox in the hen house, shutting down regulators who affect his own businesses.

Re:Every .gov Domain by honeybadger1 on Friday February 21, 2025 @08:12AM (#43127012)
Being on HN and someone posting a pro-consulting firm post is...rich...
Re:Every .gov Domain by ChrisRR on Friday February 21, 2025 @08:40AM (#43127280)
Yes. Many times hiring experts is 100% the correct approach. Getting a rando with next to no experience or knowledge of the product to spend an hour looking before making sweeping changes isn't
Re:Every .gov Domain by thesuitonym on Friday February 21, 2025 @09:41AM (#43127967)
Both options are a consulting firm, one just has experience and expertise, the other is DOGE.
Re:Every .gov Domain by notpushkin on Friday February 21, 2025 @08:23AM (#43127118)
To be honest, I’d choose the door #2 anytime.
Re:Every .gov Domain by toyg on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:25AM (#43129408)
> Trump has no experience managing a large corporation

And the little experience he has is of repeated bankruptcies and dodgy dealings, saved only by his political adventures (which now bankroll his Mar A Lago resort with public money).