This post reminds me that software engineering doesn't have a plus minus.

[mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io]

@riley

Yup.

Somewhat related...

Stacey Abrams is not an impressive civil rights worker. ‍️ Well she is, but that's not what's really going on.

MLK jr was not an impressive civil rights worker either. ‍️ Again, that's not what's really happening.

Stacey is an under-leveled governor of Georgia. MLK jr was an under-leveled president of the United States of America.

mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images @[email protected] Stacey Abrams. https://www.fairfight.com Stacey Abrams isn't "a brilliant civil rights leader." She's a brilliant governor, who was denied being a governor due to systemic racism, and so has been forced to spend her time addressing that racism before she can be a governor. So yeah, she's a little overqualified to drive this non-profit. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Civil rights leader is the fallback job title for Black people that should have been governors or presidents.

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[riley@toot.cat]

@mekkaokereke That's a neat and sobering way to put it.

[linuxandyarn@mastodon.social]

@riley @mekkaokereke I still remember the 50-somehting woman at the travel agency I went to work for at 20, talking about how she trained her division head from an intern while she had the same job for over 15 years.

[gunchleoc@mastodon.scot]

@riley @mekkaokereke This reminds me of an article that was posted here somewhere this week on another thread: https://www.noidea.dog/glue

[dotproto@toot.cafe]

@rowlandm @paul_ipv6 @mekkaokereke I feel like I'm in this bucket and I've tended to describe myself as the grease that keeps the machine running smoothly