Its Good To Be An Asshole At Times
Dear Reader,
Today was a hectic day at work. In fact, the whole of last week was bad. I work in a Dutch concern and the big boss from Amsterdam had come calling. He left today.
But before leaving, he fired my boss. It was totally unexpected and out-of-the blue. We, being a small company, get a wind of things before they happen. Such sudden decisions are out-of-the-line.
A word on my (ex)boss is a must. He has around 25 years of programming experience and has done anything and everything that can be done in financial/trading domain. He has a CFA to boot. Such skillset is one-in-a-million even in a financial hub like Chicago. His management style was hands-off and he is a great mentor. Why was he then fired?
The trouble with him was that he was too nice. Not assertive, they say. He didnt put his foot down when needed. We as a company are fast growing and such a easy going attitude will not help the company grow was the official line. He was the CTO of the company - a vital cog in the Chicago operation and as such he had to be more aggressive. We were sold that the decision was the best for both the parties.
As a CTO, he also had to manage the IT part. The IT team consisted of support and infrastructure and the so-called lead of the support team is pretty much an asshole. He has been with the company for long and his knowledge and opinions are weighed in gold. It was his birthday today and he called the firing of my (ex)boss as his "best birthday present".
Here you see two contrasting styles - one a dickhead and the other gold-hearted but a pussy. Guess who wins in real life? It makes me wonder why nice always have to end up last. The world values anger, aggression and dick-headedness, it seems. And the lesson that I learnt from all this - its good to be a smelly butt-hole at times. The very fact that I live and thrive in such a convoluted world is probably because even I am an asshole at times. This feeling doesnt make me proud. But it does guarantee my job and thats what matters in the end.
Yours truly,
Intermittently shit spitting wannabe-asshole!
Today was a hectic day at work. In fact, the whole of last week was bad. I work in a Dutch concern and the big boss from Amsterdam had come calling. He left today.
But before leaving, he fired my boss. It was totally unexpected and out-of-the blue. We, being a small company, get a wind of things before they happen. Such sudden decisions are out-of-the-line.
A word on my (ex)boss is a must. He has around 25 years of programming experience and has done anything and everything that can be done in financial/trading domain. He has a CFA to boot. Such skillset is one-in-a-million even in a financial hub like Chicago. His management style was hands-off and he is a great mentor. Why was he then fired?
The trouble with him was that he was too nice. Not assertive, they say. He didnt put his foot down when needed. We as a company are fast growing and such a easy going attitude will not help the company grow was the official line. He was the CTO of the company - a vital cog in the Chicago operation and as such he had to be more aggressive. We were sold that the decision was the best for both the parties.
As a CTO, he also had to manage the IT part. The IT team consisted of support and infrastructure and the so-called lead of the support team is pretty much an asshole. He has been with the company for long and his knowledge and opinions are weighed in gold. It was his birthday today and he called the firing of my (ex)boss as his "best birthday present".
Here you see two contrasting styles - one a dickhead and the other gold-hearted but a pussy. Guess who wins in real life? It makes me wonder why nice always have to end up last. The world values anger, aggression and dick-headedness, it seems. And the lesson that I learnt from all this - its good to be a smelly butt-hole at times. The very fact that I live and thrive in such a convoluted world is probably because even I am an asshole at times. This feeling doesnt make me proud. But it does guarantee my job and thats what matters in the end.
Yours truly,
Intermittently shit spitting wannabe-asshole!
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