• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Is this a war on being specific?

    If a fisherman says “I operate the winch on a bowpicker tuna fishing boat”, is that a bullshit job?

    If a middle-management yes-man who exists only to fluff his boss’ ego describes his job as “I encourage excellence” does that mean his job is no longer bullshit?

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        2 hours ago

        A lot of managers are pretty useless. Some degree of management is needed because you can’t just have 10,000 individual contributors all reporting directly to the CEO. But, a lot of managers get where they are by schmoozing, claiming credit, shifting blame, avoiding responsibility, etc.