"18. Don’t shy away from leading without doing, it is unavoidable, so just do it. Then do some work to stay pertinent.

19. If you are not able to hire and fire people, leave. Or stay for the retirement fund if you can stomach it."

the way the author discusses people and pretty much everything in the "Yourself" category makes me think this unnamed multinational is a sweatshop overseas. I've worked (temporarily) with people who try to bring this thinking to Silicon Valley