Thanks for sharing. This made my afternoon :)
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Very generous words. I lived in a building once where the landlord flat out told me that we can only have Comcast because they paid him. Obviously, YMMV. In my experience it was more malicious than simply not caring.
I also learned to do this from my father, who was a trial lawyer. When I joined the US Army, I regularly got 'smoked' in basic training for talking with my hands. I stoped doing it for several years. A few years after leaving the Army it came back subconsciously.
I also attribute much of my persuasiveness to my ability to convey a story in an animated fashion.
In my humble experience, I think the real value of a TPM is being the interface between management and technology. They're able to frame technical jargon in a way that the business can understand. i.e. Why we have to do this refactor? If we don't it will cost the company money. (contrive but you get the point)
Specifically calls out retail investors (i.e. WSB). I read it the opposite way, but I can see how it could be interpreted as a warning to both.
I have no references to back this theory up, but I feel like this is where most of the waste happens.
[Gov spend public money] -> [pay private company]
The government isn't incentivized to get the best deal for our money which results in overpaying or just flat out corruption. eg. I'll overpay my friend's company and they will kick me back some money for choosing their contract.
> I went to school to learn the law. After school I had to teach myself how to be a lawyer.
Not exactly a 'free market' then if they're not free to fail.
Actual comment sample (not post but speaks to target audience).
> Do we actually need more ‘scientific progress’ though? That is the question. The ‘rise’ of science has destroyed us. All it has done is cause more complication and is driving mankind mad.
What?
"Looks trustworthy, what could go wrong?". I laughed, and then was amazed at the result.
In every arena I've operated this is always the case. Military, Big Company and on the streets. Not saying it's right, but it's extremely common (in my experience)
> Rules shouldn't be implicit in professional environments.
Totally agree. But again, everywhere I've been there are at least 2 sets of rules.
Maybe I am jaded by conforming to the 'It is what it is' mentality. In practice though, that has been my experience.
In the same vain. The time saved from my commute, I've been able to use those 2 hrs a day bootstrappig a low risk business opportunity at night. It's honestly worked well for me personally.
Maybe. But also probably shortest path, least amount of risk and resource investment.
I have similar experience. When I was in the military I was very "Sir, yes sir". Nowadays, I need to understand what / why I am doing what I am doing. It's worked well for me in hyper growth environments and not so well in established companies where people don't question the status quo.
I could be wrong here, but generally I see two types of people. People who care about what they're doing and people who don't (missionaries vs. mercenaries).
The trick is to not come off combative or argumentative. Tricking people into thinking something was their idea has worked well for my personal journey.
Not to mention the quality of the mouse itself. I bought 2 and they both only lasted 10 months and a year. I know a streamer that replaces them every 6 months.
I switched to another brand. Looks like they spend more resources on adware and not on quality hardware.
The fact that this is an accepted business practice is insane to me.
"Too slow is dead"