Jason LefkowitzMar 6

YA THINK

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs

Show threadDave Rahardja

@jalefkowit I had to look up “the worst email ever” by former VP of Microsoft Devices Group Stephen Elop in 2014, and WOW it’s bad. 11 paragraphs in before he announces massive layoffs.

Elop got laid off the following year, though, so…

https://news.microsoft.com/source/2014/07/17/stephen-elops-email-to-employees/

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Show threadJason LefkowitzMar 6
@drahardja Ah yes, Elop, The Man Who Killed Nokia
Show threadtaxetMar 6

@jalefkowit @drahardja and, funnily enough, fucked the whole Finnish economy in the process and it still hasn’t really recovered properly as Nokia was a BIG part of it at the time.

Or I mean Nokia was starting to struggle even before Elop and there were issues with management for years but the ship eventually did go down (and hard) on his watch so… fuck that guy, specifically for killing MeeGo in favor of Windows Phone.

Show threadDave RahardjaMar 6
@taxet @jalefkowit Nokia adopting Windows Phone was the dumbest move. I remember yelling out loud when I read the news.
Show threadMisterArix Mar 6
@drahardja @jalefkowit That’s the guy who started, talked about, and finally jumped off his own “burning platform”
Show threadDave RahardjaMar 6
@MisterArix @jalefkowit What if “failing up” was a man