Mous
@mous1985.bsky.social
I was told: be a team player, smile through the misery, and success will follow. Sixteen years later… still refreshing LinkedIn.
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Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Wild how LinkedIn turns the cruel into “humble,” the petty into “kind.” I’ve worked with some of these folks—on earth they’re villains; online they’re saints. Big stage, great costumes.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Wild how LinkedIn turns the cruel into “humble,” the petty into “kind.” I’ve worked with some of these folks—on earth they’re villains; online they’re saints. Big stage, great costumes.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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LinkedIn titles are wild: CEO of a company with no staff, MD of a Gmail inbox, VP of “strategy.” It’s cosplay for credibility. Corporate culture rewards the costume—impostor syndrome is the uniform.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
LinkedIn titles are wild: CEO of a company with no staff, MD of a Gmail inbox, VP of “strategy.” It’s cosplay for credibility. Corporate culture rewards the costume—impostor syndrome is the uniform.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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LinkedIn titles are wild: CEO of a company with no staff, MD of a Gmail inbox, VP of “strategy.” It’s cosplay for credibility. Corporate culture rewards the costume—impostor syndrome is the uniform.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
LinkedIn titles are wild: CEO of a company with no staff, MD of a Gmail inbox, VP of “strategy.” It’s cosplay for credibility. Corporate culture rewards the costume—impostor syndrome is the uniform.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Love interviews where you’re grilled for 60–90 minutes, then: “not the right fit.” Bonus when they drag you in after hours because the manager’s “busy.” Do the first screen online. If it’s a no, send the email within a week—not months.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Love interviews where you’re grilled for 60–90 minutes, then: “not the right fit.” Bonus when they drag you in after hours because the manager’s “busy.” Do the first screen online. If it’s a no, send the email within a week—not months.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Why are my interviewers getting younger every round? When did I become “the older candidate”? I spent years grinding for a paycheck—it put food on the table and ate my time. Now I’m older, tired, and wondering where the life went. 🥲
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Why are my interviewers getting younger every round? When did I become “the older candidate”? I spent years grinding for a paycheck—it put food on the table and ate my time. Now I’m older, tired, and wondering where the life went. 🥲
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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Another interview, another “future rejection.” Hotel panel + laptop + full business case—free consulting—then ghosted like the rest. Try Zoom for round one; meet later if I pass. Hope-lift → drop is a corporate sport.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Another interview, another “future rejection.” Hotel panel + laptop + full business case—free consulting—then ghosted like the rest. Try Zoom for round one; meet later if I pass. Hope-lift → drop is a corporate sport.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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Don’t waste candidates’ time. It’s 2026, not 1950—first interviews should be online. If they pass, do face-to-face. What’s the point of round-one hotel panels if you’ll reject/ghost 99.9% anyway? Corporate nonsense in full form.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Don’t waste candidates’ time. It’s 2026, not 1950—first interviews should be online. If they pass, do face-to-face. What’s the point of round-one hotel panels if you’ll reject/ghost 99.9% anyway? Corporate nonsense in full form.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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Don’t waste candidates’ time. It’s 2026, not 1950—first interviews should be online. If they pass, do face-to-face. What’s the point of round-one hotel panels if you’ll reject/ghost 99.9% anyway? Corporate nonsense in full form.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Don’t waste candidates’ time. It’s 2026, not 1950—first interviews should be online. If they pass, do face-to-face. What’s the point of round-one hotel panels if you’ll reject/ghost 99.9% anyway? Corporate nonsense in full form.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Another interview, another “future rejection.” Hotel panel + laptop + full business case—free consulting—then ghosted like the rest. Try Zoom for round one; meet later if I pass. Hope-lift → drop is a corporate sport.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Another interview, another “future rejection.” Hotel panel + laptop + full business case—free consulting—then ghosted like the rest. Try Zoom for round one; meet later if I pass. Hope-lift → drop is a corporate sport.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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We’ve got courses for everything—except the one skill that moves careers: strategic brown-nosing. Funny how the most-used tactic isn’t in the syllabus. 😇
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We’ve got courses for everything—except the one skill that moves careers: strategic brown-nosing. Funny how the most-used tactic isn’t in the syllabus. 😇
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
We’ve got courses for everything—except the one skill that moves careers: strategic brown-nosing. Funny how the most-used tactic isn’t in the syllabus. 😇
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We’ve got courses for everything—except the one skill that moves careers: strategic brown-nosing. Funny how the most-used tactic isn’t in the syllabus. 😇
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Corporate language: “learn to be micromanaged by insecure climbers who got promoted by managing up.”
Plain English: it’s not a democracy—shut up and comply. Foot soldiers are disposable…and so are you.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Plain English: it’s not a democracy—shut up and comply. Foot soldiers are disposable…and so are you.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Corporate language: “learn to be micromanaged by insecure climbers who got promoted by managing up.”
Plain English: it’s not a democracy—shut up and comply. Foot soldiers are disposable…and so are you.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Plain English: it’s not a democracy—shut up and comply. Foot soldiers are disposable…and so are you.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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Corporate → lifestyle inflation → debt. Fancy job, fancy toys, easy swipe. Then they cut you, the market’s trash, and suddenly you’re servicing debt on below-minimum offers. Goodbye “treats,” hello survival. That’s the debt cycle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Corporate → lifestyle inflation → debt. Fancy job, fancy toys, easy swipe. Then they cut you, the market’s trash, and suddenly you’re servicing debt on below-minimum offers. Goodbye “treats,” hello survival. That’s the debt cycle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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To anyone starting a corporate career: master your money. Skip the spending spree. Corporate won’t last forever—save for skills, a home, a business, a pension. Don’t let the glamour fool you. AI is coming, and the job apocalypse isn’t a meme.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
To anyone starting a corporate career: master your money. Skip the spending spree. Corporate won’t last forever—save for skills, a home, a business, a pension. Don’t let the glamour fool you. AI is coming, and the job apocalypse isn’t a meme.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
To anyone starting a corporate career: master your money. Skip the spending spree. Corporate won’t last forever—save for skills, a home, a business, a pension. Don’t let the glamour fool you. AI is coming, and the job apocalypse isn’t a meme.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
To anyone starting a corporate career: master your money. Skip the spending spree. Corporate won’t last forever—save for skills, a home, a business, a pension. Don’t let the glamour fool you. AI is coming, and the job apocalypse isn’t a meme.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Corporate → lifestyle inflation → debt. Fancy job, fancy toys, easy swipe. Then they cut you, the market’s trash, and suddenly you’re servicing debt on below-minimum offers. Goodbye “treats,” hello survival. That’s the debt cycle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Corporate → lifestyle inflation → debt. Fancy job, fancy toys, easy swipe. Then they cut you, the market’s trash, and suddenly you’re servicing debt on below-minimum offers. Goodbye “treats,” hello survival. That’s the debt cycle.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
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The backers of the Enhanced Games have snagged a $1.2 billion value after their SPAC deal. That seems pretty pumped up for such a risky concept (via Bloomberg Opinion)
MAGA Billionaires Can't Get Enough Testosterone
Encouraging people to use performance-enhancing drugs to break world records — the core idea behind the Enhanced Games, aka the “Steroid Olympics” — already gave me pause. Now its billionaire backers say they’ll offer testosterone to ordinary folks, not just athletes, as part of their plan to take their events-slash-telemedicine company public via a special-purpose acquisition company. That makes me even warier.
bloom.bg
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The backers of the Enhanced Games have snagged a $1.2 billion value after their SPAC deal. That seems pretty pumped up for such a risky concept (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
In corporate, relationships are transactional. Useful = “best friend.” Not useful = “who are you?” Big mistake is believing you have real friends at work. It’s mutual interests, not loyalty. Accept it early and the ride gets smoother.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In corporate, relationships are transactional. Useful = “best friend.” Not useful = “who are you?” Big mistake is believing you have real friends at work. It’s mutual interests, not loyalty. Accept it early and the ride gets smoother.
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Calling all bsky-ers: Corporate Dropout Diary is a group project. Share your best/worst manager stories and what you learned. Yes, culture is mostly broken—prove me wrong (or right). We’ll keep it fair… as fair as a performance review. 😉
#CorporateDropoutDiary
#CorporateDropoutDiary