Doe you see this devaluing mainly in his gauging this as a firing offense?
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This bit. It’s importantly true in substance, but I’d guess seems highly arrogant devaluing & dismissive from perspective of most engineers.pic.twitter.com/RncBuIIJT5
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If phrased positively as career advice, absolutely on target.
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Also could be absolutely accurate if addressed to a specific individual who should know better due to his position.
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But afaik it’s not public who wrote the OP or their position, so this reads to me as a general dressing-down of >
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all engineers whose political skills are not tip-top.
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Could be that goog is so attractive they can hire only engineers who DO have great people skills, but few other cos can.
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Personally I’m far more interested in ux/pm/mgt than coding, but I’m not sure I’d survive in a politicized corporate environment
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Zunger's strongest point, imo, is that the author effectively said "some large fraction of your colleagues are at root not good enough …
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Well, I wasn’t commenting on the OP, nor Zunger’s response overall; pointing out that he’s doing something similar to what he accuses OP of.
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Not taking sides, nor making a political point, just noting an irony because it’s interesting.
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Mid-90s I had a black girlfriend who was Director level in a famously pc SV company and she still faced racial & sexual harassment.
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This stuff is incredibly complicated and difficult, and absolute and/or simplistic approaches are unhelpful. But may be mandated by law.
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