Tag: big tech
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Making Changes When Change is hard: Lessons from the “Digging Alone”
I was asked to fix a broken, complex, organization-wide process that had been building up incorrectly for over a decade, leading to massive operational inefficiencies. The ask was to fix it solo, across 100+ teams, with no formal authority, and…
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The Paradox of Big Tech: Innovation vs. Bureaucracy
Bureaucratic Trap is a known dilemma in big tech when they hire the best and brightest talent to drive massive innovation and revolutionary change. Examples are legacy tech companies recruiting overqualified or talented candidates in the hope they can transform…
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Being Amazonian: Numbers Beat Stories
Not Being “Amazonian” Makes You Not Valued by Amazon hiring managers during interviews. Being Amazonian (a person who works for Amazon) means many peculiar things but one thing stands out: be specific and give numbers! If a hiring manager in…
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The Future of Data Centers: Blockchain-Based Cloud Computing
I remember building a server room for our company 20 years ago. Back then, the vibe was all about cloud computing being the future. You’d hear it everywhere: “Everything will be on the cloud soon.” Now, 18 years since AWS…
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It’s NOT a Good Time to Be a Startup Founder
The tech startup environment has shifted, and what used to work for entrepreneurs no longer applies. But why? 1. AI Is a Game for Giants – Not Small Players As someone inside these giants, I’ve seen every AI-related startup idea…
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The Ownership Illusion: The Paradox of Modern Corporate Stock Compensation
As a common practice in big companies, total compensation packages include stock which is used to advocate “ownership mentality.” The aim is to encourage employees to work harder and help the company’s success so both parties benefit. But the hidden…
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Severed Without the Chip: How Work Culture Programmed My Mind
I just finished watching Severance on Apple TV. The idea is simple but terrifying: what if your work self and personal self were completely disconnected? A clean split done by surgery and a chip implanted into your brain! No memory…
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Heroism
Once at work, I was told: “We do not need heroes, so don’t play the hero. Instead, focus on building sustainable processes.” So I did. I built a process that was widely adopted and praised. But within a few months,…
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X is Soul-Space
Jeff Bezos made me think and realize that X is not simply a social platform, but a soul-space! Imagine your biggest rival, your toughest competitor, buys Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion. You reduce your activity there, posting only…
