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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by ceejayoz on Sunday March 02, 2025 @11:56AM (#43232358)
If someone entirely outside my chain of command demands I give them a status update, “no” is often an appropriate answer.

It doesn’t mean I can’t. It means I shouldn’t.

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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by dcow on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:16PM (#43232608)
And now they’re facing the consequences (the existence of which clearly refutes your chain of command argument). Maybe they are virtuous. Maybe they got bad advice from leadership. Either way the chapter is finished and the outcome doesn't seem positive for the insubordinate individuals.
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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by ceejayoz on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:41PM (#43232891)
That’s not evidence the system is supposed to work this way. That’s evidence that the system is breaking.
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