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I disagree. To me he usually comes across as an asshole, albeit an extremely smart and accomplished one. A working environment where the person at the top can be relied upon to react to human failings with an aggressive, sweary [1] rant is not somewhere I ever want to work.

[1] I'm aware that use of profanity in everyday speech is common in Finland. I don't mind swearing per se, but I find its over-use a bit tedious.

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Anecdata: I grew up in Finland. It's common if you're 15-16 and in middle school, but I've rarely heard adults swear in the workplace or in public (unless inebriated).

If Linus wants to use perkele management, then I guess it's his project. Doesn't mean it's the right way to do things.

> It's common if you're 15-16 and in middle school

This part is probably globally true :D

I don’t. He’s effectively using certain emotions to clearly broadcast his point.

Understood. But what happens if everyone in an organisation reacts in the same way? Is it a useful leadership style?

> [1] I'm aware that use of profanity in everyday speech is common in Finland. I don't mind swearing per se, but I find its over-use a bit tedious.

Actually what you are unaware of, might be that the use of profanity in everyday speech is actually very common pretty much anywhere in the world other than in the US&A where mince words and puritanism are still king.

I'm not unaware of that. I'm from the UK, where we can be fairly fairly crude when the opportunity presents itself.

I'm embarrassed at myself as I now realize how I surrendered to textbook assumption on an internet thread. Sincere apologies for that!

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