Comment by exakoustos
15 hours ago
The "What developers say" carousel has a single Java dev and dev advocate. They got lots of quotes from managers, directors, CEOs, and an "AI strategist".
15 hours ago
The "What developers say" carousel has a single Java dev and dev advocate. They got lots of quotes from managers, directors, CEOs, and an "AI strategist".
Lots of "performance review boilerplate, I don't want to say anything _bad_ about this person but there's nothing particularly good I can say" energy there.
Someone decided that this feedback was worth highlighting:
"Bob demonstrated a level of intelligence and contextual understanding that goes beyond anything I've seen in other tools. Bob goes beyond anything I've seen in other tools."
If you search those names you'll find most have a LinkedIn page proudly displaying their many "IBM Influencer" achievements and qualifications.
I realise LinkedIn is a surrealist caricature of corporate reality, but just imagine proudly displaying your #1 shill award for all to see
> I realise LinkedIn is a surrealist caricature of corporate reality
I don't think it's a caricature of reality at all, it very much is like the large US corps I've worked at.
Exactly, it really is that absurd. If anything, you could say the corporate world is its own self-caricature.
It's IBM. They leveraged synergies with the thought leaders they could reach out and touch base with.
One carousel quote literally ends with "Bib is a highly reliable partner."
Can we look forward to a localized version named 'Bub'?
Theres even one that says "Bib [sic] is a highly reliable partner."
It’s actually hard to sell anything to developers, it’s however much easier to do with executives and managers