487: Casual Coders

Elon Musk's leaked messages reveal how tech CEOs think and talk about their employees, and we dig in.

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Links:

• PayPal Misinformation Fines Musk Criticized Were Published by Mistake — Policy update threatened penalty of $2,500 for each violation
• alex 🤷🏽‍♂️😬👍🏾 on Twitter — Yo this is a really compelling testimonial from ⁦ @ChrisLAS on the merits of 3D media — shame it’s not really taking off or didn’t take off. ⁦@CoderRadioShow ⁩ any thoughts why?
• It’s official, Elon Musk is buying Twitter — It sure looks like Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter takeover is actually happening.
• Michael Dominick on Twitter — What's the value of avoiding a possibly embarrassing and likely damaging deposition? Apparently, $44B. Damn! #tech
• Elon Musk: Twitter won't 'take yes for an answer' — Billionaire Elon Musk has said he aims to complete his purchase of Twitter by the end of the month, but the company "will not take yes for an answer".
• Elon Musk and Jason Calacanis's messages reveal how return-to-office mandates can be used to get workers to quit — Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition saga may be exhausting, but it has revealed how some business leaders are thinking privately about return-to-office mandates.
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• Bucco Capital on Twitter — “Internally, we called it the LPA cycle: Launch, Promo, Abandon”
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