Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters recommend it for its take on managing young employees and on how technology and approval-seeking affect behavior.
What it is
An excerpt of Simon Sinek on Inside Quest discussing millennials in the workplace. He covers parenting, technology, social media dopamine and what that means for managers.
Recommended by 5 HN commenters across 5 different months, 2017 to 2018.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec Swizec · 2017-07 · on “Why I deleted my Facebook account”
I too feel exactly this way with almost everything. Facebook, Twitter, Slack, Email, Messages ... it's kind of tough to escape. Impossible even. And here's the worst part: We grew up with this shit. My generation was one of the first (1987) to have their formative social years immersed in this shit. That means we'll never escape. Ever. We're literally wired to seek approval of strangers on the internet instead of the people around us. It feels more ... correct? Real? True? That red circle with a number literally gives more enjoyment than a close friend saying "Heh that's cool". The worst part is that there's likely no cure. Rehab, maybe. But rehab for this shit doesn't exist yet. Plus try ex
Recommends cj · 2017-01 · on “How much does employee turnover really cost?”
> "Instead, focus on growth, impact, and care" Since a lot of tech companies employ young talent (relative to other industries), this video by Simon Sinek on "Millennials in the Workplace" can be enlightening: [this video] Forewarning, he goes off the deep end on a few points, but IMO the general ideas are valid.
Recommends audiolion · 2017-11 · on “Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psychology”
Hereis a great talk by Simon Sinek on how these dopamine hits and how technology are affecting the millennial generation [this video]
Recommends vesak · 2018-08 · on “Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?”
>Should I just go and basically say that this person did a bad job? You wouldn't be correct in saying that. That person delivered a project that works. In the beginning of a project, that's all that matters. >I'm so frustrated and depressed by it. Should you feel like that? It sounds like you're working to make things better. This Simon Sinek interview about millennials in the workplace might resonate with your situation: [this video]
Recommends richrichardsson · 2018-11 · on “Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-job-training?”
> There is only so much impact I can make in this position I'm reminded of this talk : [this video] around the 8m30 mark is the pertinent point, but worth to watch before that to get where his point is coming from.
Cites rebootthesystem · 2017-01 · on “How Do You Measure Leadership?”
Well, there are others factors at play today. Here are a couple of videos that discuss the general topic: [this video] [LINK] I have seen and continue to see some of the behaviors described in these two videos and it is deeply disturbing. Attempting to lead people with deep social challenges is an exercise in frustration and futility. Leadership, in this context, is a very different thing than in what I'll call more traditional settings. It almost has to be reduced to appeasement and coddling. Latte's and ice cream. We have a generation of adults who behave as petulant children half their age did in prior generations. Except they are in a 25 year old body. Some of these 25 year olds today would b