Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)Jun 30, 2025
Having to force people to use the product they don’t want is surely the litmus test for knowing you’ve created something of value
Show threadNeville ParkJun 30, 2025
@benlockwood Source: this Business Insider article by Ashley Stewart https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-internal-memo-using-ai-no-longer-optional-github-copilot-2025-6
Microsoft internal memo: 'Using AI is no longer optional.'

Executive Julia Liuson recently told Microsoft managers to include internal AI tool usage when evaluating employee performance.

Business Insider
Show threadRalfMaximusJun 30, 2025

@nev @benlockwood

Reading the article, the internal move seems REALLY intended to combat employees using non-Microsoft tools like Cursor. It's kinda like demanding GM employees stop driving Fords.

Still a stupid move, but it does make a kind of twisted mid-level management sense.

Show threadnoplasticshowerJun 30, 2025
@ralfmaximus @nev @benlockwood middle management is precisely why we have trumpism
Show threadNeville ParkJun 30, 2025
@noplasticshower @ralfmaximus @benlockwood i mean, i would go with "simmering white supremacist resentment dating back to Reconstruction" but sure, i guess that's plausible too
Show threadnoplasticshower
@nev @ralfmaximus @benlockwood equivalency classes
Jun 30, 2025 at 11:10pmWeb