Right, that sweet spot between too less stimuli so your brain just wants to sleep or run away and too much stimuli so you can’t just zone out.
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tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 weeks agoI like my project manager, they find me work and ask how I’m doing and talk straight.
It’s when CEO/CTO/CFO speaks where my eyes glaze over, my mouth sags, and I bounce my neck at prompted intervals as my brain retreats into itself as it frantically tosses words and phrases into the meaning grinder and cranks the wheel, only for nothing to come out of it time and time again.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
The number of times my CTO says we’re going to do THING, only to have to be told that this isn’t how things work…
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Find a better C-suite
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I just turn of my camera and turn on Forza Motorsport or something like that
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
COs are corporate politicians, media trained to only say things which are completely unrevealing and lacking of any substance.
This is by design so that sensitive information is centrally controlled, leaks are difficult, and sudden changes in direction cause the minimum amount of whiplash to ICs as possible.
I have the same reaction as you, but the system is working as intended. Better to just shut it out and use the time to think about that issue you’re having on a personal cat project or what toy to buy for your cat’s birthday.
raker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Exactly. Do the daily corpo dance and cheer if they babbling about innovation, progress, growth and new products. Do not fight against it. Just take your money and put your valuable time and energy elsewhere.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
I think my CEO is doing something wrong then because he seems to be trying to maximize IC whiplash sometimes.