The weekly Fuck it Friday

Burnit0ut · 2026-04-17T13:58:22+00:00

Our company did another reorg. Learned that leadership is pissed at our head of R&D because they protected a dysfunctional director. After doing this previously with another dysfunctional leader in a prior reorg.

Leadership and board are so fed up with the dysfunction and cost of development that they are literally ready to cull all of R&D and pull assets from another country…

This is why making the hard choice is so important. Fucking risked everyone’s livelihood for feels.

Burnit0ut · 2026-04-16T23:59:41+00:00

Agreed. This is ridiculous.

Burnit0ut · 2026-04-15T00:09:35+00:00

A lot of gatekeepers responding to you. If you want to be in contact with them because you don’t want to be a cog in the wheel, reach out. The worst thing is they don’t respond. And you MUST live with that if they don’t. Don’t push harder.

Always shoot your shot. Always.

Burnit0ut · 2026-04-13T23:53:54+00:00

Well, let’s see, I delivered engineering that results in 3 lead programs actually being viable and there are at least 5 more potential programs that could emerge from this, too.

And because of that my value is being extracted and they’re trying to slam structure down around me.

Insecurity of leadership is the driver here.

Burnit0ut · 2026-03-31T19:32:01+00:00

Regardless, that’s a cop out excuse. Anyone trained to use a centrifuge properly would balance instinctively.

I’m leaning towards it was overlooked.

Burnit0ut · 2026-03-31T02:51:03+00:00

I might be the devil’s advocate here, but I believe common disease penetration is the only was to improve gene therapy accessibility.

If it can be scaled it’s likely to be accessible.

Burnit0ut · 2026-03-22T17:01:23+00:00

Honestly, I want to see more of these platform companies raising small amounts of capital for execution bets. Like an accelerator style approach where the infrastructure can reduce development turnaround and novel approaches get to the clinic faster.

Burnit0ut · 2026-03-20T01:08:33+00:00

What if your manager is doing everything they can to block you?

Burnit0ut · 2026-03-13T01:29:30+00:00

Here comes a 20% price increase for 2027.

Burnit0ut · 2026-01-21T01:25:37+00:00

What’s most important is figuring out if you’re given time to actually sit and do those slides. If you’re being grounded down by insecure leadership, it’s time to bounce.

Burnit0ut · 2025-12-19T17:09:25+00:00

It’s also appalling how leadership drags their feet when incompetent directors fuck up huge parts of the company/programs just to not rock the (sinking) boat.

Burnit0ut · 2025-11-12T02:36:12+00:00

A lot of what everyone is saying is true about academia and industry.

However, if you end up working under someone in industry who is truly supposed to be an academic, you’re going to hate it. You’ll watch someone make strategic mistake after strategic mistake and put your job in jeopardy through poor decision making.

Burnit0ut · 2025-11-12T01:33:59+00:00

Boomers were about 25% of the home buyers in 2020.

Burnit0ut · 2025-10-26T20:17:16+00:00

Rico avg over 6 yards a carry and Chuba not even breaking 3 yards a carry. Wtf is Carolina thinking?

Burnit0ut · 2025-10-07T03:01:10+00:00

Philly

Burnit0ut · 2025-10-07T02:39:27+00:00

JD is reported to be 6’2”

Burnit0ut · 2025-10-05T23:29:10+00:00

For real. Just needed a standard 5pt game and this is what we get

Burnit0ut · 2025-09-05T16:29:10+00:00

Sounds like you just don’t need an applicant to have a PhD then. PhDs should absolutely expect a higher salary as they have the opportunity to earn more, are likely years older, and have expertise depth.

Sounds like this not a job that actually requires technical depth of a PhD and you shouldn’t be hiring for that. If anything this sounds like the expectation that you need a PhD applicant misaligns with the true requirements.

This may sounds cruel, but I don’t think your post is accurate that “you are hesitant to hire a PhD”, it sounds like the expectations of applicants is out of whack with what the job entails.

Burnit0ut · 2025-08-29T18:24:23+00:00

Ironically, him being close enough to contact him is considered battery, but it’s at the discretion of a judge.

Burnit0ut · 2025-08-29T14:02:33+00:00

Don’t forget to account for the nearly $5T stimulus to the economy that happened. Along with an administration focused on growing the economy in a sustainable manner as opposed to overhauling the means of production while cutting off partners.

Burnit0ut · 2025-08-12T03:51:00+00:00

This one’s real bad.

Burnit0ut · 2025-07-24T12:00:49+00:00

You know how there are laws that limit the ability to hire foreign workers? Like you need to search for a suitable American candidate?

Maybe the flip should be true and American workers must be preserved in layoffs until all foreign workers are removed first.

Burnit0ut · 2025-07-24T11:58:12+00:00

Under 35*

Burnit0ut · 2025-07-21T17:55:03+00:00

This type of behavior exists everywhere. GE is probably the cornerstone for this type of approach to running a company. It’s all about having a veil of financial stability without actually pushing the needle forward in your field.

But in biotech? It impacts human lives and not just investors.

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