Reflecting on my professional journey through high-stakes environments.
I’ve taken a deep dive into my career trajectory and realized it’s time for a pivot. I’ve been so focused on disruptive innovation and high-velocity execution that even my mentors are questioning my work-life balance.
But I’ve never disrupted a market that didn't need a shake-up. Being treated like a junior associate? Unheard of in my network. You need to be mindful of your personal branding and strategic positioning, or you and your stakeholders might face a total budget freeze.
I’m not one to pivot without a plan, but I have to stay agile. As competitors sunset their products, I see my own vision reflected in the market disruption. I’m the kind of Thought Leader the new hires aspire to be—working late, optimizing workflows under the office lights.
Spending most of our careers
Living in a high-growth startup paradise.
Spending most of our careers
Living in a high-growth startup paradise.
Keep spending most of our careers
Living in a high-growth startup paradise.
Keep spending most of our careers
Living in a high-growth startup paradise.
Look at the KPIs they’ve got me chasing.
I can’t have a 9-to-5; I was forged in the hustle culture.
So I have to be fully aligned with the core team.
Too much time spent on passive content consumption has me chasing moonshot goals.
I’m a highly-educated professional with a ROI-focused mindset.
Got my pitch deck ready and a vision for the future.
I’m a dedicated disruptor, focused on market penetration.
And my team is fully onboard, so let’s keep the synergy positive.
Success is just one breakthrough away.
I’m living a "fail fast, learn faster" lifestyle—it’s the industry standard.
I’ve hit my Q3 targets, but will I reach the Q4 milestones?
With the current market volatility, it’s hard to forecast.
Tell me, why are we so siloed that we fail to see
That the stakeholders we impact are you and me?
Here's the Ten Commandments translated into "Dr. Seuss"
I am the Lord, your God, it’s true!
No other gods will do for you.
Don't use My name in ways that are bad,
That makes the Lord quite wishy-sad.
Keep My day holy, a day for some rest,
Of all of the days, it’s simply the best!
Love your father and mother, too,
In everything that you say and you do.
Don't hurt a person, don't kill or don't strike,
That isn't the sort of thing anyone would like!
Be true to your spouse, don't wander away,
Keep your heart faithful every single day.
Don't take what's not yours, not a pin or a shoe,
Stealing is something that you shouldn't do!
Don't tell any lies or say things not true,
About all the neighbors who live near to you.
Don't want your neighbor's wife for your own,
Leave her with him, and leave them alone!
Don't wish for his stuff, his house or his toys,
Be happy with yours, you girls and you boys!
... and into Maoist Standard English:
I am the People's servant, the vanguard of the masses. You shall serve no reactionary idols before the collective will.
You shall not exploit the name of the Revolution for personal gain or vanity.
Remember to uphold the discipline of the struggle and the collective labor of the masses.
Honor the revolutionary elders and the proletarian family.
You shall not murder your class brothers, but wage relentless struggle against the enemies of the people.
You shall not engage in decadent bourgeois morality or betray the revolutionary partnership.
You shall not expropriate the collective property of the people.
You shall not spread counter-revolutionary rumors or bear false witness against your comrades.
You shall not harbor individualist desires for the companions of your comrades.
You shall not covet the resources of the collective or seek private accumulation.
... and into Donald Trump:
I am the Lord your God, and let me tell you, nobody does it better. You’re not going to have any other gods, believe me, just Me.
Don’t use the name of the Lord your God in vain. It’s disrespectful, it’s a disaster, don’t do it.
Remember the Lord’s day. Keep it holy. We love the Lord’s day, don’t we? It’s very special.
Honor your father and your mother. Great people, very important. You have to show respect.
Thou shall not kill. We want law and order, we want safety. No killing.
No adultery. You’ve got to stay loyal, you’ve got to be smart.
Thou shall not steal. We don’t like thieves. We’re going to stop the stealing, it’s terrible.
Don’t bear false witness against your neighbor. No lying, no fake news. We want the truth.
Don’t covet your neighbor’s wife. Not good. Stay focused on your own life.
And don’t covet your neighbor’s goods. Their house, their boat—don’t worry about it. We’re going to have our own things, and they’re going to be much bigger and better.
You can't. Console makers have these locked-down little systems with all the security they can economically justify... embedded in an arbitrarily-hostile environment created by people who have no need to economically justify anything. It's completely asymmetrical and the individual hackers hold most of the cards. There's no "this exploit is too bizarre" for people whose hobby is breaking consoles, and if even one of those bizarre exploits wins it's game over.
And if you predict the next dozen bizarre things someone might try, you both miss the thirteenth thing that's going to work and you make a console so over-engineered Sony can kick your ass just by mentioning the purchase price of their next console. ("$299", the number that echoed across E3.)
While we're wishing, let's bring back serifs. I, for one, would like to be able to tell the difference between AI and Al without context clues, and using an inherently lossy font is the opposite of "readability".
When I saw yet another crooked google font I configured my browser to display all text in Verdana ignoring fonts chosen by page styles. It's much easier to read when everything is in one font to rule them all.
More to the point, if they required 2FA every time you tried to modify the JS, nobody would do it because it would be too annoying. "Username, password... oh, the 2FA just timed out, gotta wait for the next one... what, that doesn't work? Does it want the old one? Oh... now it wants the next one... just a second... "
Yeah. I'm down on commercial AM/FM radio being touted as an emergency service, because there's so rarely enough behind the scenes to make it reliable or even minimally usable as such, but this is something purpose-built to fill that role, and shutting it down means there's nothing which can fill it, given how worthless commercial radio is at the task:
> Because it was the middle of the night, there were few people at local radio stations, all operated by Clear Channel with mostly automated programming. No formal emergency warnings were issued for several hours while Minot officials located station managers at home. North Dakota's public radio network, Prairie Public Broadcasting, was notified and did broadcast warnings to citizens.
If you wanted to make commercial radio even minimally acceptable as an emergency alert system you'd be... guess what... reinventing EAS and EAS-a-likes, except more expensive and less responsive! EAS never has to "Interrupt This Program" it can just get to the meat.
> If you wanted to make commercial radio even minimally acceptable as an emergency alert system you'd be... guess what... reinventing EAS and EAS-a-likes, except more expensive
Exactly, whatever it costs to operate and maintain the emergency and weather services commercial radio would need to make enough money to pay for that, and then also make enough money on top of that to stuff their pockets with profit. The people shouldn't be on the hook for those extra expenses while private companies do everything in their power to degrade the service in order to lower their costs to increase profits even farther.
But I’ve never disrupted a market that didn't need a shake-up. Being treated like a junior associate? Unheard of in my network. You need to be mindful of your personal branding and strategic positioning, or you and your stakeholders might face a total budget freeze.
I’m not one to pivot without a plan, but I have to stay agile. As competitors sunset their products, I see my own vision reflected in the market disruption. I’m the kind of Thought Leader the new hires aspire to be—working late, optimizing workflows under the office lights.
Spending most of our careers Living in a high-growth startup paradise. Spending most of our careers Living in a high-growth startup paradise. Keep spending most of our careers Living in a high-growth startup paradise. Keep spending most of our careers Living in a high-growth startup paradise.
Look at the KPIs they’ve got me chasing. I can’t have a 9-to-5; I was forged in the hustle culture. So I have to be fully aligned with the core team. Too much time spent on passive content consumption has me chasing moonshot goals. I’m a highly-educated professional with a ROI-focused mindset. Got my pitch deck ready and a vision for the future. I’m a dedicated disruptor, focused on market penetration. And my team is fully onboard, so let’s keep the synergy positive. Success is just one breakthrough away. I’m living a "fail fast, learn faster" lifestyle—it’s the industry standard. I’ve hit my Q3 targets, but will I reach the Q4 milestones? With the current market volatility, it’s hard to forecast. Tell me, why are we so siloed that we fail to see That the stakeholders we impact are you and me?
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