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Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much (or stuck doing things that amounted to not much).

Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk.

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I worked at twitter's data engineering org in 2018. It was the most relaxed work culture I've experienced. Great WLB ( code for its ok to coast) . Spent my winters working from ski resorts and ski lodges. My mental and physical health were at all time high.

Why is “great WLB” code for “ok to coast”? What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?

I’m not sure there’s consensus on definitions, but a lot of people (particularly in Big Tech land) do seem to use the term “coasting” to describe working a normal 40 hour week, as opposed to the sort of thing that goes on in the likes of Amazon.

There's no such thing when you define "coasting" to mean "work 40 hours a week plus unpaid on-call between 30% and 100% of the rest of your time."

They didn't though. One can still have the difference between putting in the bare minimum 40 hours per week or put in their best effort 40 hours per week.

> What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?

what is 'actual great WLB' ?

Work life balance

Sounds dangerous. You could tear your ACL.

small price to pay.

> Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk.

People keep saying this, but I'm yet to see the fire the smoke implies.

"Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much "

Based on what?

Their number of devs combined with how the platform has looked/felt the same for 10 straight years?

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