Heart Mind Code
heartmindcode.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Heart Mind Code is a programming and career blog featuring David Brady's writing on learning languages, job hunting, and workplace loyalty.
What HN saysHN commenters repeatedly recommend David Brady's "Loyalty and Layoffs" post, calling it an eye-opener on not confusing your job with family.
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greenyoda · 2014-06-16
The linked article by David Brady, "Loyalty and Layoffs", is also a good read:
http://heartmindcode.com/2013/08/16/loyalty-and-layoffs/
Brady's article was also posted to HN 10 months ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6240495
hopsoft · 2016-06-16
> Don't confuse your job with your family.
Reminds me of this terrific article from David Brady. https://heartmindcode.com/2013/08/16/loyalty-and-layoffs/
gfody · 2016-02-18
The CEO of your company is a paid sociopath. I mean that in the nicest way possible, of course, but it is literally their actual job description to place the interests of a soulless legal fiction over the needs and desires of living, breathing, human beings with actual feelings. He or she probably isn’t inherently evil. But if they can find a way to make the company 100% more profitable by firing you, they have to do it. That is exactly what their job is.
- http://heartmindcode.com/2013/08/16/loyalty-and-layoffs
aubreykilian · 2014-12-14
Agree. Reminds me about an article I read about company loyalty: http://heartmindcode.com/2013/08/16/loyalty-and-layoffs/
Was quite an eye-opener actually.
tnorthcutt · 2013-08-20
Could a mod link this to the original post instead of someone else's mirror of it?
http://heartmindcode.com/2013/08/16/loyalty-and-layoffs/