The reason to use EVs is not just based on the source of electricity. In a traffic jam, the quality of air I breathe would be so much better if all vehicles were EVs.

Does it come with this screen saver? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFKlMtUoiBE

To misquote Douglas Adams:

>In other words—and this is the rock-solid principle that underpins their entire facade—their most profound character flaws are entirely masked by the sheer distraction of their glaringly obvious, superficial character flaws.

This quote was transformed using a transformer.

I don’t think so

Thanks for the causal ageism from someone who is in their 40s or more now... The dev lead did not know something very useful for the project, this could be some one in their 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s... knowledge or lack of knowledge does not differentiate...

> "knowledge or lack of knowledge does not differentiate..."

I agree wholeheartedly. Knowledge, or even intelligence, shouldn't be the most highly valued skill in a team lead.

But there are many people extremely confident in their confirmation bias that seem to be unwilling to consider anything that might challenge their ideas. Our industry has a problem with celebrating the intelligent arsehole. Not only is humility not incentivized, it seems to be actively counterproductive.

I wonder how we can foster the kind of culture that values experience, encourages innovation, and is also able to get things done without chasing geese?

I am also approaching my 40s, but really, it is true that when one ages, so many uncommon things failed spectacularly, after that, one assumes everything behaves like that. But I try to keep a fresh mind and kind of brainwash myself to think positively first. Played out very well until now. (Because a lot of young developers fresh out of uni are taking with them the conservatism of the professors or mediocre student teams.)

> Thanks for the causal ageism

I think you're misinterpreting here. GP didn't make any generalizations about people in their 40's. They were providing additional context about a specific individual. Moreover, the context they were trying to convey was more about the delta in years of experience than a particular age bracket.

Also, thanks for the casual sarcasm, casual assumption of ill-will, casual tone policing of others according to your personal whims, casual accuse-first-rather-than-clarify and embarass-in-public-rather-than-confront-in-private approach. Really brightens the mood in here!

It's far more personally embarrassing the more senior the dev lead was and seniority correlates with time.

Gp probably in his 50s as he posts this.

Ah... the internet is still alive in bits and pieces! I know where I will be spending some time this weekend.

PS: I hate the internet being monetization of cattle vs discovery of wild and unclassified species in the woods.

Twitter is a horrible way to discover your full story, maybe write it in a blog some place? Or even do a Ask HN thread..

I agree. Something like substack would work a lot better since this is a complicated years long situation. After much thought, the ability to message people and link them back to it like I have been doing will be useful if I can ever have my day in court. I am able to tag people and agencies involved and their response or lack of will become very useful some day. Substack, etc is missing that one feature.

For example, "Hey @FBI, why am I not being arrested so I can defend myself in court?"

Then in a way, the continued silence proves my side of things.

Anyway. Sorry to sort of hijack this post with this story. Wasnt my intention.

We all just need to focus on our core rights as U.S. Citizens because they are quickly going away.

I fail to see your posting on Twitter is going to help you in any shape or form. From my quick scim.. it's really incomprehensible. Doing you probably more worse than good IMHO.

Thank you for the input. I doubt anything will help.

Hmm.. EMC (which essentially was Smoking Joe T as the CEO for most its limelight years) did quite well with acquisitions, Data Domain, Isilon, VMware and many more smaller acquisitions. They never bought a company to inherit their cash flow but saw an opportunity to invest and grow their business by adding their amazing sales machinery which was stellar as well.

That is why I love SmugMug.

Internal culture, process and behavior is what decides if a job is stressful.. while at Amazon I worked fewer hours outside work hours but was a lot more stressed as every one around you is busy proving their worth than looking at what needs to get done collectively.

You might be able to quantify internal culture, process and behavior, by applying some of the qualifiers from the human development index and happiness index to your company.

Just a thought.

Amazon's orientation and internal culture is structured to make one think that it is a matter of personal pride and worth and if you do not align you are worthless.. it is a mind F** for fresh college hires.. I like to think Amazon is the tech industries' Pedo***..