Here are some: Am I the only that...<p>1. is tired of the semi-mandatory Friday afternoon karaoke sessions? If I hear One More Time one more time it’s not going to end well. If you saw Falling Down you know what I mean…<p>2. thinks there’s no way this product is going to ship on time even if Linus Thorvalds himself descended from the heavens on a white horse to join the dev team?<p>3. would like the CEO to share more information? I feel like I’m running around blindfolded.<p>4. is stressed out by the CEO sharing too much information. Sometimes the truth hurts.<p>5. That thinks we should work harder and more focused? Sometimes this office feels like a f-n day care center! What are we, a bunch of 6-year olds? I wanna change the world.<p>6. That feels our product decisions are too data-driven? I thought I joined a group of human beings when I took this job, not a bunch of nodes in a datacenter.<p>7. That feels our product decisions are too gut-driven? It’s like we’re in Las Vegas on the wrong side of the table… “This is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. Reality itself is too twisted.”<p>(I collected a few more at <a href="http://blog.otelic.com/?p=198" rel="nofollow">http://blog.otelic.com/?p=198</a>, but no need to visit that page - I'm just wondering what people out there are curious about)
* Why don't we invest more energy into preventing fires and less into fighting them?<p>* How many times must I recommend approach A only to be told to try approach B, and then when approach B doesn't work be told to implement A?<p>* When is our CTO going to step out of the "first developer" role and into something approximating technical leadership?
* Sales guys - Does every request have to be called "urgent"? Have you ever had a non-urgent request?<p>* Why do things seem to pop up at the last minute, giving us nowhere near enough lead time?
1) How much do you make
2) How many stock options did you get
3) What was your bonus last year
4) Why the #&<i>@</i>#$ is <fill-in-the-blank> paid more than us???