* I promised myself never again. Never again would I call a code-yellow. Code-yellows suck, drain team morale, and they leave a lingering distaste amongst all those involved. Yet, during my 8-years at Instacart, they were our most effective and consistent weapon in ensuring we made meaningful progress on our hairiest problems.*
to be a really long-winded way of saying, "I'm utter shit at management, refuse to prioritize until it's a company-threatening crisis, and I'm happy to make my team suffer for my incompetence."
I'm sure the employee churn at Instacart was in no way related to this fact.
* I promised myself never again. Never again would I call a code-yellow. Code-yellows suck, drain team morale, and they leave a lingering distaste amongst all those involved. Yet, during my 8-years at Instacart, they were our most effective and consistent weapon in ensuring we made meaningful progress on our hairiest problems.*
to be a really long-winded way of saying, "I'm utter shit at management, refuse to prioritize until it's a company-threatening crisis, and I'm happy to make my team suffer for my incompetence."
I'm sure the employee churn at Instacart was in no way related to this fact.
And now he's operating a PE/rollup firm.