That's totally fair. I was contemplating that myself but the fact that they specifically mentioned their manager saying it combined with how the article focuses on being detail oriented (defending that behavior (something I agree with, but needs context)) I felt the inference was justified. But hard to tell without the OP coming in.
> I also see the other side quite a lot.
This bugs me A TON. But it also feels like these are the ones using these clichés.
From my personal experience, my first thought is always shit. I really internalize the non-existence of perfection. It is equivalent to "I'm always wrong." I find this helps because I no longer think "am I right or am I wrong" but "how wrong am I?". I tend to think this also makes me more agreeable, as I'm open to changing my mind (I'll often explicitly state what will do that). If you want to be "right" and you know you're always some amount of wrong, it becomes natural to do that and it is hard to have your ego hurt when someone points out an error in your logic. They likely just helped you find an unknown unknown :)
> That mindset was born in the VC startup world.
I think I see what you're saying. Are you referring to 'The Silicon Valley model': "run at a loss, corner the market, then raise prices with your (near or effective) monopoly power"? Setting aside that this feels like metric hacking the economy, I do agree that it incentivizes myopic thinking. "Move fast and break things" is a great strategy when working on tough problems and you're just starting. But it is also a terrible strategy when established. I mean... you just broke a bunch of things and the garbage is laying around all over the place, right? We need the addendum "then clean up, everybody do their share." If this is what you're talking about, I'm in full agreement.
The myopia makes sense for startups, you shouldn't prioritize long term business strategies when you're worrying about your business existing next week. But the momentum of that strategy persisting in established businesses is definitely detrimental. I mean that's one of the biggest downfalls of monopolies. You can make shittier and shittier products because the fewer competitors you have the lower the bar is for "good enough."
I won't be surprised if we see these established players be disrupted. It's pretty hard to do so, but every day average people are getting fed up with the enshitification. It is entirely their battle to lose. I mean we're seeing a big uptick in linux users. As a long time daily driver, I do think linux has gotten better, but I still think the major factor is people just getting pissed at Microsoft. I mean if you're going to be constantly fighting your computer might as well do it on a system that actually lets you control it and doesn't randomly revert your settings, right?
From my personal experience, my first thought is always shit. I really internalize the non-existence of perfection. It is equivalent to "I'm always wrong." I find this helps because I no longer think "am I right or am I wrong" but "how wrong am I?". I tend to think this also makes me more agreeable, as I'm open to changing my mind (I'll often explicitly state what will do that). If you want to be "right" and you know you're always some amount of wrong, it becomes natural to do that and it is hard to have your ego hurt when someone points out an error in your logic. They likely just helped you find an unknown unknown :)
I think I see what you're saying. Are you referring to 'The Silicon Valley model': "run at a loss, corner the market, then raise prices with your (near or effective) monopoly power"? Setting aside that this feels like metric hacking the economy, I do agree that it incentivizes myopic thinking. "Move fast and break things" is a great strategy when working on tough problems and you're just starting. But it is also a terrible strategy when established. I mean... you just broke a bunch of things and the garbage is laying around all over the place, right? We need the addendum "then clean up, everybody do their share." If this is what you're talking about, I'm in full agreement.The myopia makes sense for startups, you shouldn't prioritize long term business strategies when you're worrying about your business existing next week. But the momentum of that strategy persisting in established businesses is definitely detrimental. I mean that's one of the biggest downfalls of monopolies. You can make shittier and shittier products because the fewer competitors you have the lower the bar is for "good enough."
I won't be surprised if we see these established players be disrupted. It's pretty hard to do so, but every day average people are getting fed up with the enshitification. It is entirely their battle to lose. I mean we're seeing a big uptick in linux users. As a long time daily driver, I do think linux has gotten better, but I still think the major factor is people just getting pissed at Microsoft. I mean if you're going to be constantly fighting your computer might as well do it on a system that actually lets you control it and doesn't randomly revert your settings, right?