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Maybe 5% of the news reported is worth paying attention to, the rest may as well be garbage.
Apologies if I screwed up. Definitely not trying to take credit for Ryan's work.
Saved me over 6GB on my file system across several projects. Big thumbs up from me.
Think of probably one of the worst bullies out there that achieved the pinnacle of excellence: Steve Jobs. Would Apple have had just as much success or even more success earlier if Jobs wasn't so heartless towards his direct employees? I would bet on it.
Point being is that it's possible to be empathetic and still ask your employees to strive for more. If your employees are afraid of you or view you as someone that doesn't listen and doesn't have their back, you might be missing out on collaborations where they have great ideas that maybe need a little mentoring.
Here's a quote I often try to be mindful of when managing people:
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Also congratulations if that's literally the most severe case of ad hominem you've ever seen.
Also worth noting: I linked that article because it was the first source I found via searching that highlighted all the shady stuff that founders have done. I'm not aligned with the additional views of the author of that article.