<![CDATA[My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things.]]>My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. Only people who love games and love playing games should run companies that make games. Doesn’t matter if it’s cheeseburgers or software.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ae625e98-a8cb-4cee-baf0-fd628cfc18aa/my-hottest-of-hot-takes-the-only-people-who-should-run-companies-that-make-things-are-people-who-deeply-give-a-fuck-about-those-things.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 21:31:23 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2026 02:48:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:18:48 GMT]]>@ska @Daojoan tbf i think we can all agree running a burger restaurant would be more enjoyable than running a software company in this day and age]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/332ca493-dbdd-410f-a594-2a398918707ehttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/332ca493-dbdd-410f-a594-2a398918707eFri, 24 Apr 2026 09:18:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:10:15 GMT]]>@Daojoan what a way to tell me I should own a burger restaurant more than a software company

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ska/statuses/116458901674205547https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ska/statuses/116458901674205547Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:10:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:08:57 GMT]]>@xeophin @Daojoan The bean counters can run bean-counting businesses

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/jmopp/statuses/116458896600785485https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/jmopp/statuses/116458896600785485Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:08:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:24:01 GMT]]>@Daojoan Come on. Does no one think of the career paths of management consultants?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/xeophin/statuses/116458719894112064https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/xeophin/statuses/116458719894112064Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:24:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:18:23 GMT]]>@Daojoan Not even in the most remote kumbaya corners of silicon valley is this true anymore. The mantra today is: Whatever you do, if you dont make quasillions, you are not a genius. No matter who gets bombed

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Martin_de_Zavala/statuses/116458697772497304https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Martin_de_Zavala/statuses/116458697772497304Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:18:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:51:09 GMT]]>@Daojoan trying to think of the most ridiculous thing to have a high level passion for making, like the part in the toilet that makes it flush... And then it comes around to bringing back artisans. At least then, the toilet maker business could have a passion in making the whole toilet!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/116072724227781013/statuses/116458590651648505https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/116072724227781013/statuses/116458590651648505Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:51:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:50:19 GMT]]>@Daojoan Although to be fair, there's still a difference between giving a fuck and being unable to compromise to keep yourself afloat.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/superblox/statuses/116458587404824664https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/superblox/statuses/116458587404824664Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:50:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:47:34 GMT]]>@Daojoan I agree but fear it's not economically sustainable.

There's this show on public television where they help struggling business owners. They often have a big passion for what they do, but risk burnout and bankruptcy because they don't pay attention to less charming things like operational efficiency and cashflow.

For example, a construction company might have to stop making their product from scratch because they work crazy hours and run a loss on everything they sell.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/superblox/statuses/116458576549911827https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/superblox/statuses/116458576549911827Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:45:34 GMT]]>@jrdepriest @Daojoan Greedy neoliberalism reduces everything to a balance sheet.

The problem is that a huge amount of authoritarians are very comfortable sucking up to them, and even feel safe & secure while making careers out of it!

We went through an evolutionary squeeze where being obedient guaranteed you offspring, and this is the result.

(Is that a Tron bit in your profile pic btw?!!🤩)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116458568706072513https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116458568706072513Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:45:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:43:37 GMT]]>@Daojoan yes, but those people LOVE making the thing and they are AWESOME at that, and you want them to stop doing that and start negotiating salaries, planning quarterly procurements, signing things, dealing with co-worker personal emergencies, and doing many, many other things that they HATE, and SUCK at, right? I would sing off on companies should be product driven, not profit, and most definitely not chasing quarterly growth of at least 3% - but for that we need to change the paradigm…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DMTomas/statuses/116458561043543282https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DMTomas/statuses/116458561043543282Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:43:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:39:36 GMT]]>@Daojoan Exactly.... passion beats spreadsheets , if you don’t love the craft, you shouldn’t own the factory

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Trixiemaina/statuses/116458309320146416https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Trixiemaina/statuses/116458309320146416Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:39:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:31:49 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord

We really are in the dumbest timeline.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116458278726097844https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/Uair/statuses/116458278726097844Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:31:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:19:18 GMT]]>@gimulnautti @Daojoan very very much so. Cisco is the worst with it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116458229478667857https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116458229478667857Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:19:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:18:11 GMT]]>@praetor @Daojoan And overbilled… 10x

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116458225114300359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116458225114300359Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:18:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:16:42 GMT]]>@gimulnautti @Daojoan oh very much so. Government IT is all outsourced now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116458219252308439https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116458219252308439Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:16:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:14:55 GMT]]>@praetor @Daojoan That problem sounds structural to me.

It would be the job of the state to build incentive structures for people like you to succeed.

Recognising the critical role Open Source plays in digital infrastructure would be a start.

Traditionally people like you would have been public servants. But that role has been completely shat on and wiped the floor with by neoliberal reaganite/thatcherite ideology.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116458212284818560https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116458212284818560Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:14:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:09:19 GMT]]>@evanwolf @Daojoan
The mint makes money. Other companies should create value.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/elfburgerman/statuses/116458190241037708https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/elfburgerman/statuses/116458190241037708Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:09:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:06:34 GMT]]>@Daojoan Abso-lutely. I’ve had this exact ideal for the past several years. You should make a product because you want to make the product not to just make money.

People will say “A business’s only goal is to make money” as if it’s some sort of valid excuse? Even if it was completely true it does not detract from the fact that its not a good thing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116180911866413233/statuses/116458179414092359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116180911866413233/statuses/116458179414092359Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:02:46 GMT]]>so @Daojoan@mastodon.social, since the purpose of corporations is to make money for the shareholders, the board should be who deeply give a fuck about money?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://awkward.place/objects/31224cc5-97fb-44ec-83cb-3b0cfa0e5dc1https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://awkward.place/objects/31224cc5-97fb-44ec-83cb-3b0cfa0e5dc1Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:02:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:01:46 GMT]]>@Daojoan
If we abolish all advertising except word-of-mouth, companies will have to excel at what they do to survive...
(A good example is the expensive, maybe the most expensive vodka, which tastes worse than most other vodkas. The creator put more care into the bottle than the drink, and sold his company ten years after creating it, making a ten-million-dollar profit, according to his goal. He would've kept it if he loved it.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/elfburgerman/statuses/116458160534253874https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/elfburgerman/statuses/116458160534253874Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:01:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:56:25 GMT]]>@Daojoan The problem is the first derivative of this take: any profitable activity in capitalism will eventually be taken over by people who only deeply give a fuck about making money. Doesn't matter if it's cheeseburgers or software - it will go through several layers of financial abstraction until it's distilled into pure grift.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rubinjoni/statuses/116458139502587941https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rubinjoni/statuses/116458139502587941Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:56:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:43:39 GMT]]>@gimulnautti @Daojoan Sometimes not being greedy enough can be a problem. Like me. I'm a massive Open Source hippy. I don't want to "sell" my software. I want people to honestly like my work, get some use out of it, and if they enjoy it enough maybe contribute financially. I struggle at business because I won't promote, and I will NOT use a blood sucking marketer. So...I iz poor 😕

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116458089329025290https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116458089329025290Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:43:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:42:08 GMT]]>@Daojoan A good proposal, even though impractical. The people who "run companies", any successful billionary company, are always the ones who care making a stash of money out of it. Any product their company makes looses any meaning to them.
I think it's related to greed as much as to the complexity of managing finances, which drives away even the idealists.
Maybe would be safe only who is limited to managing incomes up to few millions or tens, depending on the country.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116458083350103184https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116458083350103184Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:42:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hottest of hot takes: the only people who should run companies that make things are people who deeply give a fuck about those things. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:32:34 GMT]]>@Daojoan the problem (or is it really one if you take an anti-capitalistic view?) is that the Venn diagram of « people who love the thing » and « people who understand economics well enough and are willing to apply the concepts to run a company successfully » is mostly two disconnected circles…
Alternatively, if you love the thing you’re making, stay small and never go public or take on investments from people who don’t love the thing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/metacosm/statuses/116458045716434471https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/metacosm/statuses/116458045716434471Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:32:34 GMT