Thread regarding SAS Institute layoffs

Not everyone can be a 10x “hard core”, not everyone can be a leader

Not everyone can be a 10x developer, a tech lead, or an architect. A hierarchical organization has more leaves than branches. There have to be more followers than leaders. Some have to have the vision while others do the work. A majority do what they are told and many with devotion. A mature company is not a startup. An elite cadre of “hard core” saviors can be annointed to build a new foundation but cannot complete the chapel by themselves. That chapel might fail to impress and attract a new congregation but is that the fault of the designers or the workers?

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Post ID: @OP+1qx6atrR

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"Yeah the masses are so smart…"

Perhaps that applies to the masses who have not adopted Viya.

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Post ID: @2yue+1qx6atrR

Two days later, on the eighth or ninth reading, it begins to make sense.

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Post ID: @1osy+1qx6atrR

Long time, Oliver!

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Post ID: @1imr+1qx6atrR

Yeah the masses are so smart…

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Post ID: @1ayh+1qx6atrR

"Was this from one of the "true believers" in the Art Department?"

That never crossed my mind. Cause the artsy folk seem clueless concerning non artsy stuff like software and product design. Plus most of the artsy type are too busy with their lattes and patchouli to care about posting on this site.

It sounded more like a person not wanting to own his design mistakes. A design that missed the market by several zip codes. The down votes on the OP far exceeding the up votes tell the reaction of the masses. Enough said. Let's let this thread die.

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Post ID: @1uzv+1qx6atrR

What does it even mean?

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Post ID: @1epb+1qx6atrR

Try growing up and taking responsibility your failures instead of posting your whiny excuses!

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Post ID: @sew+1qx6atrR

Classic gaslighting.

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Post ID: @kvw+1qx6atrR

Lots of "religious" themes in the OP. There seems to be an underlying "artisan" theme in there as well. Hmmm...

Was this from one of the "true believers" in the Art Department?
(Which is safe)

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Post ID: @bsz+1qx6atrR

doesn't matter if you pour $10 billion and "hard core" into the wrong strategy

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Post ID: @vag+1qx6atrR

After 8 years, it should be the Sistine Chapel.

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Post ID: @sck+1qx6atrR

The top tech companies SAS now competes directly with hire for rank and file employees who are as “hard-core” as most elite devs are at SAS — at least that is my post-SAS experience. The “most elite” developers at these companies are generally without peer at SAS, because there is nothing in the way SAS is managed, in its products or its compensation structure that would attract them.

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Post ID: @hlp+1qx6atrR

You staying warm up there? At Virginia Teach.

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Post ID: @lzl+1qx6atrR

Good comebacks! Don’t stop. You got them on the ropes!

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Post ID: @fvf+1qx6atrR

OP:

When the designer has no business experience and does not listen to his customers, then the answer to your question is "yes".

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Post ID: @jqu+1qx6atrR

Sir, this is a Wendy's

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Post ID: @luc+1qx6atrR

Ok, Deepak Chopra.

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Post ID: @jec+1qx6atrR

Er… ok.

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