Mastodawn

I consider myself medium dumb. It's very (very!) frustrating dealing with others who are considerably less intelligent.
At least the weekend is here.
#MiddleManagement

N-gated Hacker News Aug 22

Ah yes, the age-old problem of #AI being just a tad too confident—sounds like every middle manager ever! 😏🤖 Apparently, the secret to world domination is just a sprinkle of doubt and a dash of #insecurity. Who knew AI needed career coaching and a good therapist? 🛋️💡
https://promptql.io/blog/being-confidently-wrong-is-holding-ai-back #Confidence #CareerCoaching #MiddleManagement #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Being "Confidently Wrong" is holding AI back

The failure mode that stalls “AI for data” efforts or "AI on my APIs" efforts isn’t psychedelic hallucination—it’s confident inaccuracy: plausible answers that are wrong in subtle and costly ways.

PromptQL

cariborden3 Jul 17, 2025

Feeling stuck in the middle of your career, your leadership path, or even your own life? You're not failing. You're evolving. This blog is for anyone holding the line while finding their way forward. 💬

👉 Read: “If You’re Stuck in the Middle, You’re Not Alone”
#LeadershipJourney #CareerGrowth #MiddleManagement #EmotionalIntelligence #YouAreNotAlone #BurnoutRecovery

http://leadboldly1.blog/2025/07/17/if-youre-stuck-in-the-middle-youre-not-alone/

If You’re Stuck in the Middle, You’re Not Alone

Written By Cari Borden For the quiet heroes holding it together while wondering if it’s all falling apart. There’s a strange space between thriving and barely surviving. It’s called the middl…

Lead With Your Heart

Jake in the desert May 16, 2025

"Leadership in these places isn’t about leading. It’s about avoiding responsibility while collecting credit. Work gets delegated to contractors. The people at the top put their name on the results. It’s not leadership. It’s theater. Also, it’s a caste system. If you’re in the right circle, you move up. I watched a coworker completely screw up communications with our community multiple times. Then they got promoted and got a raise. Got a senior title."

https://sonicdoomofthesouth.bearblog.dev/i-infiltrated-the-corporate-caste-system-and-you-can-too-but-youll-hate-it

#CorporateBullshit #capitalism #MiddleManagement #management #phony #bullshit #corporatocracy

I Infiltrated the Corporate Caste System (And You Can Too, But You’ll Hate It)

When I was 25, backpacking through Europe, I stayed at a hostel. Other Americans found out I was from Mississippi. They didn’t say anything directly, but the...

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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻May 13, 2025

“Microsoft will cut 3 per cent of its global #workforce, the latest round of #JobCuts at a #BigTech company, as it seeks to streamline operations and pare layers of #MiddleManagement.

The Redmond, Washington-based group said on Tuesday that it would eliminate about 6,000 roles, including at international offices and wholly-owned subsidiaries such as #LinkedIn. The moves follow #performance-related job cuts this year that affected about 2,000 #Microsoft employees.”

#WhiteCollar / #sackings <https://archive.md/Siork> / <https://www.ft.com/content/f453e330-1e56-4b45-9889-382098025415> (paywall)

Yonhap Infomax News Apr 10, 2025

Microsoft plans additional restructuring focusing on managers and non-developers, aiming to improve organizational efficiency and adjust developer-to-non-developer ratios
#YonhapInfomax #Microsoft #Restructuring #OrganizationalEfficiency #MiddleManagement #DeveloperRatio #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=58162

Microsoft Considers Additional Restructuring Focused on Managers and Non-Developers

Microsoft plans additional restructuring focusing on managers and non-developers, aiming to improve organizational efficiency and adjust developer-to-non-developer ratios

Yonhap Infomax

PUPUWEB Blog Mar 2, 2025

Skype was a pioneer in tech as culture, but its decline shows how ineffective middle management can ruin promising acquisitions. A valuable lesson for tech companies! 💻🔴 #Skype #TechCulture #BusinessStrategy #Acquisitions #MiddleManagement #TechIndustry