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Planning poker

Step 1: We are going to estimate tasks in imaginary relative units

Step 2: We are now going to use these imaginary units to measure your velocity

Step 3: We are now going to compare your progress in imaginary units to other teams who use a different imaginary units, and complain your underperforming

Then you imaginary unit inflation and before you know everything is an XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL t shirt size.

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SV companies function as cults built on the same principles as pick-up artistry and other scams, but institutionalized and sanctified with language. Recruiters are professionally engaged in love-bombing tactics, and managers are professionally engaged in negging. It's all a game to get as much psychological leverage over people as possible. That's also why they like to get 'em young.

This is very accurate. And unlike love, there is no exiting this pick up artistry without losing income.

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