this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh wow! This actually likely explains why Microsoft was not doing well during the early 2000's. Their employees weren't trying to be creative or innovative, they were just trying to keep their jobs.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interesting topic, but the article's writing style is god-awful and a bit hard to get through.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Here is another article on the subject, ctl f “At the center of the cultural problems”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had a prof in college that graded like this (in an intro level geology class lol) and it made the atmosphere brutal. I don’t remember the exactly distribution but top x% got As bottom x% got Fs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Waterfall grading curves are the dumbest of ideas, especially for an entry level course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I’ve done a lot more school since and never seen it in another course. Shitty person I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Keeps loading another article as I try to read.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That works for some reason, thank you. Not sure linking was the issue, just that the website does a redirect after a while for whatever reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Just like the evaluation system!