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Dec 19, 2023, 10:56 AM [ in reply to I really think one that is certainly not prevalent today ]

modern corporate america, and long-term corporate america are just farms of corporate chodes.

merit is not rewarded. fluency in corporatespeak coupled with solid ball gargling and a nice shiny MBA degree gets you up "the ladder"

"the ladder" is also a complete fabrication to hyper inflate value of individuals while using it as a carrot.

corporate structures nowadays have sr. managers doing #### analysts should be doing. all these firms are way too top heavy with way too many intricacies wrt titles and pay bands that don't reflect actual capabilities of workers. it's a #### show.

IMO there needs to be a massive correction. but as I've said before, the "solution" coming out of chaos is always worse.

we need to get smaller. smaller communities, smaller companies, smaller breadth of scale wrt to commodity distribution needed to facilitate day to day life (groceries, food, energy, etc.)

instead it's gone the opposite way, completely flipped the paradigm of having a motivated workforce, and stripped any leverage from the consumer in the process.

i fuggging hate it.

oh. and some chode from IT will lock you out of your phone b/c "iT's ThE pRoCeSs"

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A question for the older and wiser lungers: what was the biggest misconception

I really think one that is certainly not prevalent today

So... work for a small company and

No, create a small company, grow it, and BE the ladder***

Re: No, create a small company, grow it, and BE the ladder***

That's what my dad's son did too.

bingo

Re: bingo

20% of the people doing 80% of the work

But we LOOK busy, and that is key***

Wasn't directed at you

We got 67,000 employees, IIRC

67,000 worldwide, not sure in the US though***

For context, how many large companies have you worked for...

varies in role

I thought I'd know how to do a lot more stuff by now.***

Yes. This is very, very true for me.***

For me it always come back to the broken promise of flying cars.***

Picture it, Sirrine Hall, Clemson, early 2000s

Re: A question for the older and wiser lungers: what was the biggest misconception

That people in their 40s are old.***

Aren't you in your 40's?***

You misunderheard her. She said she isn't old.***

Somewhere I missed that***

Re: Somewhere I missed that***

Great pick. 40 seems younger every day.

That I was right about public policy because I thought everything could be

So I'm guessing you had some Ron Paul bumper stickers at one point?

I went from MAGA (before it was MAGA), to Ayn Rand acolyte, to

Many such cases...***

It's funny how much of my life has been dictated by my tape deck going

That I would never see the Tigers win a National Championship in my lifetime***

Funny enough, I was always convinced we would win one in my lifetime.

Hit the lottery early***

That there is pot of gold at the end of whatever rainbow

I felt safe knowing the adults were in charge.

The police are there to serve and protect

Done commenting. I'll give my answer in one simple word.

Yeah***

That Miller, Bud, etc. make good beer.***

The biggest one I had when I was younger that took a long time to learn

That I could pick football games against the line