Speaking of great female aviators. Find the video and story of the 20 something pilot that landed on the interstate in Pensacola, FL yesterday (Aug 3, 2026) after engine troubles. The point where she gets down and under an overhead road sign is incredible and something you only imagine ever happens in the movies. Let me see if I can find a link.
How dangerous is it to ask the person asking you "What was/is your answer? What are you working on improving?"... I suppose you'll quickly get labeled as a "difficult" employee....
Agreed. Business prioritization and decision making is even more important now. Hopefully the powers that be realize forcing/making busy work is worse than allowing devs to tinker, learn, and address tech itches and debt until the business figures their stuff out and makes a decision.
And compensation is based on revenue not profit. A top sales person brings in $5 million of revenue, but it's going to cost the company $7 million to deliver the goods/services. Sales person hit their top goal and will earn his bonuses while making the company worse off.
Oh, for sure, the capital "owners" get ganked either simultaneously with the rest of us, or shortly after.
But that's not a factor in their decisions; because if they didn't build it, China would; and there's obviously nothing we can do about that. (and to some degree, they're right; international treaties to limit the development of world-ending technology is something that requires minimally competent governments, with an interest in preserving the world, on the majority of the sides of the treaty).
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