Read it.

Stopped halfway through thinking "Damn, this Mike Beckerman is a piece of work. Doesn't understand English grammar let alone software development."

Looked him up...

>Michael Beckerman is an American lobbyist who is vice president at TikTok.

Not surprising at all.

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y-c-o-m-b 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've been around these execs outside of professional settings. All they care about is their status (money) and getting blowjobs from their aides. I am not exaggerating. They do not give a damn about how software should work. The execs with humble beginnings often get sucked into the culture and eventually exhibit the same characteristics as the others within 5-10 years. As they say, dopamine is a hell of a drug.

	▲	cyanydeez 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Every good business is one MBA away from enshittification.

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colinhb 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wrong Michael Beckerman. Source: I know the TikTok Beckerman, but not the MSFT one.

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kylecazar 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That must be a different Michael Beckerman. This one was an executive at Microsoft in 2002...

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johnnyApplePRNG 5 hours ago | parent [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Beckerman graduated in 2001, although it says nothing of any employment at Microsoft on his Wikipedia page... so you might be right?

	▲	muglug 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It specifically says he worked for the US gov during that period, so your comment needs an edit
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waltwalther 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For sure. This is consistent with how I would expect the TikTok generation to communicate. I would also add that not only does he know nothing about software development, but he knows even less about the basics of using his own computer.

	▲	jameshart 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This was an email Bill Gates sent in 2003. Not sure you can hold the ‘TikTok generation’ accountable for that.