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New comment by catgomeyow in "Claude Fable 5"

catgomeyow — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:54:25 +0000

That's fine but can you please post some facts, data or a view point rather than just you're wrong. We could value from your ideas.

New comment by catgomeyow in "Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)"

catgomeyow — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:32:45 +0000

Yup, my breakdown was that I couldn't understand that the client doesn't actually care, they actually prefer to be lied to. Personally, I decided not to live in any system where either side is acting like this. Knowing the rules probably wouldn't have helped me, because I would've found the whole thing (and still do) disgusting and idiotic.

New comment by catgomeyow in "Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)"

catgomeyow — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:31:03 +0000

They did this to me when I was a technical director of a mid-sized engineering consultancy (aka, a sweat shop). I learned it on the fly when they had me go to a client meeting. They showed the slide deck of all of our credentials, and I was astonished that the sales engineer took the slide I sent them and increased all my years of experience by 25%. I asked them about it later, and they said don't worry about it, everybody does it.

It's unethical and it's wrong and I won't participate in it. I stopped working there.