[adolph]

Seems like a torqued version of “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule,” but without redeeming ideas for improving the human condition.

https://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html

[cowsandmilk]

Except the arguments are exactly the opposite. In Graham’s essay, the manager works on shorter time scales while in this post, time scales increase as you go up the ladder.

[kijin]

Graham seems to be closer to the truth these days. Ordinary middle-class people worry about their mortgage, their retirement fund, their children's college tuition. Meanwhile, the managers are obsessed with quarterly returns.