[naijaboiler]

imagine comparing management at a small research lab to a multi-national corporation. Such unfounded hubris.

[qmmmur]

If you view the university as one large company pushing research forward on many fronts then it is about the same

[david38]

Have you ever worked at a university?

[azemetre]

Universities are not a company model so the comparison is extremely disingenuous.

[sgarland]

Imagine refuting the idea that people are incapable of self-management.

[frozenport]

Imagine actually wanting to work at Amazon

[bravetraveler]

Ahead of the game, soon we'll only be able to spend Bezos Bucks. Company Towns walked so the Company Country could innovate

edit: I've enjoyed two managers since I started working ~2008. The rest were either harmful or generally ineffective, unfortunately. We can get along well... but I know the job's not for me. It's like HR, for the business.

Contrary to GP, career development has yet to meaningfully happen within the same business. I have to move to advance, so I do.