@Shaft·Jun 5You’re Not Supposed to Write About ThisWriting about your profession rewards certain narratives. Leadership lessons from triumph. Career pivots that worked out. Hot takes on…
@Shaft·Mar 29They’re Paying You $300k to Build Your Own Replacement. And Posting About It on LinkedIn
@Shaft·Aug 9, 2025Late Stage Capitalism Says Hustle Until You Actually DoEvery few months, the tech world “rediscovers” the fact that some software engineers have more than one job. Headlines appear about time…
@Shaft·Jun 21, 2025Badge Locked, Mouth Shut: How Big Tech is Creating the Blueprint for an Obedient WorkforceBreaking (June 19, 2025) — Bloomberg: “Move in 30 Days or Move On”
@Shaft·Jun 24, 2024The takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk can be seen as a continuation of the gentrification narrative…This comparison is particularly poignant when viewed through the lens of digital gentrification and its impacts on marginalized…
@Shaft·Jun 12, 2024Cultural Appropriation is the New BlackTech Giants and the Appropriation Economy: How TikTok, Twitter, and Meta Exploit Culture for Growth
@Shaft·Oct 25, 2023Richard Roundtree 1942–2023It is inevitable that your childhood heroes die. However inevitable it may be, there is still a profound sadness. Richard Roundtree, best…
InShaftby@Shaft·Mar 25, 2022Good Leaders Don’t Buy and Sell People. Even HypotheticallyA Google Senior Vice President and one of Google’s first 10 employees recently tweeted:A response icon1A response icon1
@Shaft·Mar 16, 2022Good Leaders Don’t Buy and Sell People. Even HypotheticallyA Google Senior Vice President and one of Google’s first 10 employees recently tweeted:
@Shaft·Feb 22, 2022A Tech Co-Founder Just Gave Me A Master Class in Centering WhitenessAs #BlackHistoryMonth winds down, I was reminded with how pernicious #whiteness can be.A response icon3A response icon3