Presumably you always drive the speed limit.

Yes, exactly—that kind of system would be great! I've found that I've been more effective at causing seemingly immovable situations to be unstuck if I use a good combination of data and "customers will return this" and "this is shit" and "aren't you embarrassed that we might ship this?" Using just data or just the…

My sympathies. Still, I think this backfires in the end: lawsuits and terrorism are a lot like natural disasters: they're random, irrational, and you can't do too much to stop them. You're better off not discouraging your employees from speaking freely. Even if a company were amazingly excellent at not ever using…

the comments section of the article is more informative than the article itself. So many automotive engineers defending the practice of running away from clear qualitative judgement from users of your product. I can understand wanting facts to go with those judgements but I can't understand asking people not to…

as an engineer I want both the facts and the subjective opinions. I want someone to say what went wrong in detail, and if it's terrible I want them to say "this is shit." That is qualitative info that the facts cannot convey.

I disagree. If I saw that presentation I'd know that there was already some process in place to police my professional judgement and I'd expect it to get misused did political reasons. Especially at a big company.

I've worked at big tech companies before and I've never seen anyone in this industry set something like this as policy. I once saw an attempt to do so, but that person was so harshly ridiculed by engineering that they didn't last.

"Get some clicks" by providing new information to people who "don't follow sports." This sounds like a good thing, not a bad thing.

Actually, my life dramatically improved once I realized this was an option. I don't always do this, but knowing that one can do it and is not a terrible person for doing so is enormously helpful.

We're going to have to agree to disagree.

Let me restate this: running ads saying that gay people are pedophiles is exactly as bad as a gay person being upset that someone wrongly accused all gays of being pedophiles.

So you're saying I should be happy to work for someone who wants people to think gays are pedophiles?

I didn't. But even if someone had: he didn't run commercials claiming that gay people are 'coming for your children.' That $1000 Eich spent paid for one of those commercials.

this is a man who is working to stop me from getting married and paid for commercials that imply I'm a pedophile. That sounds like someone who is out to get me. The work he did isn't just a political dispute, it's a direct attack on me. Why would I tolerate it? It's like saying I should tolerate a punch in the face.

I am sure that there are many people who pay more taxes, donate more to their community, and volunteer more than you do. All that entitlement you have. I am sorry for your kids.

You are seriously lacking in logic here. I hope your kids are smart enough to take advice and learn from other, more responsible adults. A perpetual 10% "fee" on sales to ones' parents makes absolutely no sense.

Uh, people who do NOT have kids are just as 'adult' and capable of having informed opinions as people with them.

I'm in my early 30s and still dealing with the repercussions of parents who did their best to prevent me from having to see/deal with the world.

you must not know anyone who has had this happen to them, or witnessed it yourself.

If you worked at my company and you thought this behavior was appropriate, I'd fire you, and I'd make sure you didn't get a job anywhere else.