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    1. Zack Kanter‏Verified account @zackkanter 12 Sep 2020

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      CEO: i want a high performance culture, like Netflix - ok well first you’re going to need to fire half your current staff, and then double the salaries for the ones you keep CEO: haha ok ok well i can’t do that, what’s the rest of it? - what do you mean, the rest of it?https://twitter.com/zackkanter/status/1304930752199454721 …

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      Zack KanterVerified account @zackkanter
      “No Rules Rules” and “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up”: two books that give a simple roadmap to a dramatically improved quality of life, and 99.9% of readers decide after the first chapter that step 1 is too painful but they keep reading because it’s fun to dream. pic.twitter.com/fLXipnDHrT
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    2. Mortimer Cladwell  🇺🇸‏ @mbcladwell 13 Sep 2020
      Replying to @zackkanter @paulg

      Reed Hastings: "I want to employ only the top 10% of performers, but I want to sell my product to 100% of the population". Unsustainable if every company takes that approach.

      4 replies 3 retweets 24 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Sep 2020
      Replying to @mbcladwell @zackkanter

      Perhaps the other 90% work for the government.

      3:02 AM - 13 Sep 2020
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        1. Bjoern Michaelsen (Sweetshark@chaos.social)‏ @Sweet5hark 13 Sep 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mbcladwell @zackkanter

          Yes, that will surely be very sustainable in toto, @paulg.pic.twitter.com/PgFyb8HdCD

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        2. cgp‏ @_cgp 13 Sep 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mbcladwell @zackkanter

          Well, it's a good thing we don't need government for anything huh? "I love America, I just hate it's government" Lol, you know what, if you don't value public education and solid public infrastructure as a way to lift an entire population, maybe you're part of the problem.

          1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
        3. cgp‏ @_cgp 13 Sep 2020
          Replying to @_cgp @paulg and

          Maybe you don't believe this throwaway joke line. I have no idea. But you'd better believe that it matters.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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        1. Samuel Spitz‏ @samuel_spitz 13 Sep 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mbcladwell @zackkanter

          Small businesses and lifestyle businesses also shouldn’t be forgotten. Also, the top 10% of performers differs job to job, company to company.

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        1. Sumanth  ⚡‏ @SuMastodon 13 Sep 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mbcladwell @zackkanter

          You have no idea the work it takes to keep the government running or the dedication civil servants have

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        1. Mark Kwong‏ @M3kw9 13 Sep 2020
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          Govt don’t value performance

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        1. Mortimer Cladwell  🇺🇸‏ @mbcladwell 13 Sep 2020
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          You have it backwards. We should be encouraging our brightest to work for the public, rather than shareholders.

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        2. Yaroslav Volovich‏ @yar_vol 14 Sep 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mbcladwell @zackkanter

          Netflix makes movies, not software (approximately:), I'd be interesting to see what software a company produces which uses this approach.

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        1. thisisabcd‏ @thisisabcd 15 Sep 2020
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          90% of the 90% in SF

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