I wish there were blunter / more direct responses to choose from.

That’s interesting! I definitely defaulted to 'Diplomatic/Safe' options for this version.

Was there a specific turn in the conversation where you really wanted to just give a hard 'No' or call them out, but felt restricted by the choices?

I would have liked to tell the VP "No, we're not doing this and I don't appreciate being bypassed like this. Don't do this again." or something like that that. In my view, VP the Sales has no business meddling with my juniors.

I'm not a manager and have no interest in becoming one but I have often wondered what is going through a manager's head when they cave to egregious horseshit from executives. I find this simulation really interesting and maybe it might help me empathize my manager more.

Yes, because the manager is not paid anymore to do code and code review but to preserve political capital, manage team and other stakeholders as well. Glad that it provided a perspective and see your manager with more empathy.

Well, I'm not sure this particular example helps me see my manager with more empathy. I think the manager in your example is too concerned with people pleasing.

"Political capital" is irrelevant and only exists when we permit it to exist.

Why must we lie to customers?

What the fuck is the UK's problem? In fact, what the fuck is wrong with Europe in general when it comes to freedom of expression today?

They're all at it. Australia and Canada are going down the same root. Must have been a good laugh at Davos (or wherever) when they laid out the road map.

That roadmap is luscious.

Safari

Not that seamless if you do not want to be locked into a single platform, though. This is what the article mostly talks about.

Why are you locked into a single platform?

I use bitwarden, Google and a yubikey for passkeys. Which of these am I locked into?

Apple has offered an “iCloud for windows” app for ages that literally syncs your iCloud Keychain (passwords and passkeys) to a windows box where you can use browser extensions for chrome, edge, etc.

You’re still not platform locked…

So you don't ghost anyone you have no intention of hiring?

That's something you could brag about in a job posting. "We will always send you a rejection email if you get to the first phone screen"

It's accurate though.

This problem is not new. No one's wanted to give juniors the time of day since at least 2018 when it took me 8 months to land my first software developer role.

Why must executives be so fucking obnoxious about shoving AI into every possible orifice?

>And if AI does not work for a specific task, "use it until it does," he added.

Because there's a lot of money in it.

executives doing heavy dick measuring on who's using more AI - winner gets the contract and dough