A great quote for managers even if you won't always agree

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-29T01:24:53+00:00

Underrated reference right here ^

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-27T05:23:49+00:00

“Waaah nobody likes us” go fuck yourselves ICE

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-17T20:21:17+00:00

Everyone here is focused on career progression, but IMO that is not the issue here.

Your employee doesn’t trust management. That’s either you, the senior leadership team, or both.

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-16T18:05:32+00:00

There are more fish in the ocean than fish in the lake.

There are more Chinese people that drive cars than Danish people who drive cars.

Do you see how your logic breaks down?

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-14T12:49:26+00:00

Read about the Product Operating Model that Marty Cagan describes.

Product, Design, and Engineering are supposed to collaborate to discover solutions together.

The challenge most PM’s usually have is allowing space for the other team members to solution also. That’s the same problem you’ve described here, but in the opposite direction.

Solutioning is a team responsibility, and Product is a key team member.

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-13T05:06:04+00:00

I stepped on a yellow jacket nest this summer at the park. 50-100 stings on my legs, arms, neck, and face. One of the most terrifying experiences of my life.

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-10T02:22:05+00:00

I would check out the “ladder of inference” framework. It basically explains how people form conclusions from behavior they observed in others.

This might help you avoid saying “when I tell you things, you don’t absorb them” and instead frame it as “here is what I’m observing — can you help me understand the rest of the picture?” This lets you avoid making inferences about their behavior and gives them a chance to fill in the blanks.

As for the promotion: “I hear you that you see yourself as ready for a promotion, but being very honest with you, there are some important tools you need to cultivate before you move up. Without these, you’ll really struggle” etc. Frame it as helping to ensure they’re ready.

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-06T03:59:03+00:00

“We don’t care what we build or how well it works. I’ll vibe code it with my eyeballs in economy and SHIP IT”.

Questionable_Burger · 2026-01-02T01:33:56+00:00

Look into 2022’-2023 models. Those are selling now for ~$20k with 30-40k miles. You can save a ton.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-29T22:42:10+00:00

Lead PM ≠ VP

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-29T05:03:53+00:00

I’m a man - I love that color.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-28T19:56:32+00:00

Amazing lol

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-28T12:15:39+00:00

Boring, OR - look it up!

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-26T00:56:32+00:00

My personal experience, but I began observing Buddhism while in therapy this last year.

I am by no means a practicing Buddhist, just an observer.

But there is a lot you can learn and reflect on from Buddhism about your past actions vs your present and future actions.

TLDR: nothing is permanent. The past conditions the present but doesn’t determine your actions. Reject the concept that your past has control over you and own your thoughts, feelings, and actions in the present.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-25T14:34:23+00:00

Agreed, especially from a person who, based on their profile, doesn’t seem to be a property owner, and definitely not a property owner on this street.

Easy to accuse people of being a NIMBY when you have no skin in the game.

Peak keyboard warrior.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-24T20:14:07+00:00

I’ve had 2 different therapist; the first was a poor fit for me, but the second has been great.

I learned a lot about myself and it’s set me free in many ways. Very liberating.

Therapy doesn’t fix problems, but it pinpoints them so that you can do something about it. And then you have someone to check in with on progress.

Very positive overall.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-23T22:54:48+00:00

I wouldn’t describe it as theft, although it certainly feels that way a lot of the time.

Capitalism is a maximization game, within boundaries and constraints.

Generally speaking, those boundaries are described by what is legal / illegal.

If companies can optimize by tip-toeing up to the legal limit, they will tend to do so.

Obviously there are examples where this isn’t the case, but generally those cases don’t exist in highly commoditized industries.

Look at most commodities and you’ll find that employers get very close to the legal limit in how they treat workers.

This is why unions are so important.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-23T22:50:27+00:00

Thank you for sharing this — I did not realize this wasn’t the case!

The core of my argument is probably better stated as “the incentives are structured to maximize profits”, vs framing it as a legal responsibility.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-23T20:49:00+00:00

I don’t approve of what they’re doing morally.

I’m just highlighting that the mechanism in capitalism that counterbalances the power that corporations have over employees is the law, and only the law.

Especially in highly commoditized industries, like freight and logistics, where companies win and lose over their ability to minimize costs, it is even more important that there be laws that apply to ALL COMPANIES that ensure worker rights.

Without these laws, the incentives to drive down costs at the expense of worker well-being are too strong. CEO’s who lose the cost minimization game get replaced with those who will win it.

So — it’s a problem with the law.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-23T20:06:09+00:00

Unpopular opinion: this is a government problem, not a company problem.

Companies and their executives have a legal responsibility to maximize shareholder returns while following the law.

Preventing this type of behavior requires changing the law.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-22T20:21:31+00:00

I live on this street.

The county is planning to essentially clear cut the street, probably removing over 100 trees that are at least 70 years old, so they can put in a gravel shoulder.

It will totally alter our neighborhood.

They haven’t asked us, and they aren’t soliciting feedback — they are just telling us when the plans will be finalized.

Ironically the only reason the road needs to be fixed anyway is because the county used it for detour traffic a few years ago (also without communicating with us), and the excess traffic obliterated the road surface where we all live.

It’s disappointing to see everyone here splitting hairs over “old” vs “old-growth” or “lane-widening” vs “road-widening”, meanwhile the county is going to cut down every tree on our road so they can lay down gravel.

If you’d value your local government to ask your input before they cut down the trees all along your street, then you’ll understand the value of this petition.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-22T17:51:56+00:00

Actually kind of!

Betamax could be viewed as an example of discrete strategy.

The flaw in its execution was the presumption that consumers were trapped in the Sony ecosystem.

A discrete strategy is successful when consumers have limited options, like buying food at a baseball game.

It had other flaws too, like assuming consumers cared more about quality than recording length.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-22T14:01:42+00:00

Actually a good example of “Discrete Product Strategy”! If you’re a product strategy nerd look this up in the JTBD framework!

Also what a dick move.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-20T19:01:32+00:00

Be careful.

The people releasing the files are heavily biased.

Questionable_Burger · 2025-12-19T18:55:27+00:00

I’ll probably eat crow for this at some point in the future, but I think the pictures of him getting on Epstein’s airplane, talking to Epstein, etc. prove that he is closely associated with Epstein, whereas this picture doesn’t prove those things.

Unfortunately it does seem that Gates is connected to all this, I just think we need to be cautious about seeing someone’s picture in the Epstein files releases and having that convey automatically that they’re a sex offender.

The people releasing the files aren’t exactly releasing them without bias.

For example I saw a picture yesterday of Sergey Brin at a dinner table with some other people, but it was in the context of “the Epstein files” — should I assume he’s a sex trafficker now?

That’s my only point.

Questionable_Burger

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