Hackers' Pub

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Random Geek @randomgeek@masto.hackers.town

2/21/2026, 5:51:05 PM

Public

Job description includes this, regarding desired values:

> “You move fast, act like an owner, and thrive in ambiguity.”

How do they pack so many red flags into one sentence? Must be some new toxic compression algorithm.

Random Geek @randomgeek@masto.hackers.town

2/21/2026, 6:16:00 PM

Public

Translation for lay people

“Move fast” : management decisions are absolute P0 and based on some billionaire’s last tweet. Everything else goes in the backlog. Especially error reports.

“Act like an owner” : be ready to take the fall when the whole thing falls apart (but actually fixing stuff is for a mythical backlog sprint)

“Thrive in ambiguity” : everything is P0. You get to figure out which are important. Hint: probably not the fixes.

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