Week 13 of 2025

Soften the language re managers

On Monday, 2025-03-24 by Tad Lispy

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=[^3]: Later we may drop this requirement, but in the beginning we need to speak a common language. In the meantime [DeepL](https://www.deepl.com/en/translator) can help.
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-[^4]: Only once in my career I had a good manager. The rest of them were mostly just nosy, self-important, impertinent little schmucks. Collectively, they are enablers of exploitative and oppressive capitalism. Instead of managers I think we should have facilitators, who would help us communicate and _collectively_ make better decisions.
+[^4]: Only once in my career I had a good manager. Maybe it was just my bad luck. Anyway, instead of managers I think we should have facilitators, who would help us communicate and _collectively_ make better decisions.
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=[^5]: The club is a little bit bigger than the co-op group. It also includes my personal friends and professional connections who are not directly involved in the co-op effort. Once you are in, make yourself at home and  mingle. There are only nice people here. Think of it like this: I have a big table and I invite you to sit and discuss a business arangement. There are other people in the house and they may have different interests, but as your host I have an obligation to keep grifters, tech bros, crypto-maniacs, childish CEOs and other clowns out. That way reasonable people like us can have a serious discussion. So just relax, be comfortable, treat everyone with dignity, and everything will be fine.