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		Agraillo 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The decline of high-tech manufacturing in the Unit... The management thinking from your example seemed very natural and not so surprising after all. They just needed someone with a "just in case" mindset, similar to the tailor from one of my favorite scenes/movies "The Hudsucker Proxy" - "The Double Stitch" [0]. I even sometimes act like that character. For example, when the boss says we will drop a feature, I don’t fully kill it, instead, I temporarily disable it because the chances of it coming back are not zero. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM5DiHYfKfM

20after4 4 months ago [–]

That kind of management is pervasive across the economy and it's why I'm amazed anything still works at all.

larrydag 4 months ago | [–]

That management philosophy is one of the reasons that the US lost its dominance in auto manufacturing and market share, in my opinion.

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