Shriram Krishnamurthi

Just putting it out there for every boss desperate to get people to return to the office. You're just offering sucky incentives.

[From the WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/31/india-moon-landing-brain-drain/]

These unsung heroes took India to the moon

The world celebrates Indian expat entrepreneurs. It should pay more attention to the bright minds that chose not to emigrate.

The Washington Post
Aug 31, 2023 at 5:32pmWeb
Show threadPaul CantrellAug 31, 2023
@shriramk
Torn between scorn for this pathetic cheapskate bribery and now wanting a masala dosa
Show threadI Can't Believe It's Not Zero!Aug 31, 2023
@inthehands @shriramk Considering that I currently have to drive an hour each way to get a decent masala dosa prepared for me, I would absolutely stay at the office for one.
Show threadPaul CantrellAug 31, 2023
@steve @shriramk
There used to be a place that made good ones in the next suburb north of Mpls, maybe 20 min from me, but they had some sort of small restaurant meltdown and are now gone. And while the dosai were good, it’s their chana bhatura I still dream of.
Show threadShriram KrishnamurthiSep 1, 2023
@inthehands @steve I read that paragraph and nearly signed up for an ISRO job.
Show threadSaagar JhaSep 3, 2023
@steve @inthehands @shriramk People hate it when I tell them I work in an office that is ten seconds away and also has masala dosa
Show threadSean MurthyAug 31, 2023
@shriramk
Free masala dosa and filter coffee? At a location that's by design 30 miles north of everywhere? That *is* an offer you can't refuse. 😁
Show threadSean MurthyAug 31, 2023
@shriramk Isn't (wasn't?) Google doing this?
Show threadShriram KrishnamurthiSep 1, 2023
@smurthys Same deal, much cheaper.
Show threadAdam Shostack  Aug 31, 2023

@shriramk

Which would you prefer on your resume:

Landed on the south pole of the moon
33.3%
Drank masala dosa
0%
Snarked on mastodon
66.7%
Poll ended at .
Show threadSkand HurkatAug 31, 2023
@shriramk engineers are so easy to bribe with free food and coffee, Silicon Valley has engineered this to perfection. But, it's strange that they also cut these benefits for "budget" reasons. Makes me feel like they don't really want people to return to the office
Show threaddr2chaseAug 31, 2023
@shriramk set standards for air quality, publish them, meet them.
Show threadAaronSep 2, 2023
@shriramk I’ve been back at my office for about a month (voluntarily) because my house is been renovated so I have no place to work at home. It turns out we have a lot of great incentives I forgot about! Really enjoying it and even learned a few things I probably would not have otherwise. Probably going to keep doing this once the renovation is done.
Show threadShriram KrishnamurthiSep 5, 2023

@afarnham I'm glad when people have the freedom to choose between the two, and even more so at a micro level.

I'm just glad that the next time we have a snowstorm, I don't have to figure out what I should do and my students should do, and can instead smoothly switch to virtual and everyone can just stay in their respective cocoons.

Show threadRishiyur NikhilSep 4, 2023
@shriramk Blockchain mining should think of adding masala dosas and filter coffee as mining rewards.