they/themhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3mkpqnbxwxk2sCan we move past looking at the mythicized origins of tech companies for management book fodder? Not yet? Okay.30 Apr 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpqnbxwxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3mjsiadlztk2ysometimes community care is getting between 2 people on some strong uppers getting into a fist fight on the red line platform, then breaking up ANOTHER fight that one of them started on a train car, and the person you saved from the second fight saying "he's probably a f*g"18 Apr 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsiadlztk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3mjadmetkzs22crop dusting the philosophy and literary criticism aisle11 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjadmetkzs22https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3mbst2jon4k2uI feel like 2026 is not the year to pretend like management and tech can be this morally pure ethical fantasyland if you just ignore the layers of exploitation making it happen07 Jan 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbst2jon4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3mato2ktu2s22if we have to keep the term "cost center" around maybe we can at least apply it to all functional teams rather than just any team whose work we want to devalue. actually, maybe i agree with drucker - all teams are cost centers, and the only profit center is a check that doesn't bounce25 Dec 2025 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mato2ktu2s22https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3macsn3n6lc22who wants to watch this for 8 hours with me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCs-7HmA9Qk19 Dec 2025 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3macsn3n6lc22https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3m7etn4b2js2s@lizthegrey.com phrase from today that will stick with me: "paws on keyboard" 🐾🐾07 Dec 2025 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7etn4b2js2shttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3m74dtia4uk27desperately not wanting to be part of the system (that feeling is part of the system)03 Dec 2025 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74dtia4uk27https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3m6vt535cgc24one sentence horror: "And when I explained this to Alice, my ChatGPT therapist, she understood." [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2025 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6vt535cgc24https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3m6qjgx7pn22mrealizing that my long-held avoidance of posting anything vaguely meaningful has been because of a conviction that what is happening in this country would happen; as well as drive to keep the feed clean in case the horrible companies that often gatekeep jobs check my social media29 Nov 2025 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6qjgx7pn22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3lkrjooofak27@chicago.devopsdays.org slides up: https://speakerdeck.com/reidsavage/anti-devops-sre-at-honeycomb might turn the speaker notes into a post as well at a l8r d8 #DevOpsDays [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkrjooofak27https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3lko2dyadik2r@divineops.net made the cutest yak, thank you so much!18 Mar 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko2dyadik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3lknxijukvs2dsome spicy unrecorded hot takes 🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknxijukvs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3lkjqmd6guk2roh hey it's me! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2025 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkjqmd6guk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3lhzheaffks2mgoal: be gayer (like in the site reliability engineering sense)13 Feb 2025 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhzheaffks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l7crz6x6uh2qomg who wants an invite to my I Saw The TV Glow themed birthday in the Birthday Room at Regal Cinemas in Chicago, Illinois25 Oct 2024 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7crz6x6uh2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l7crj2unef2ido not describe me!25 Oct 2024 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7crj2unef2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l76yv563it2h"you can smile if you want". what about a surprise DL photo when i haven't showered or shaved makes you think i want to smile (i desperately do but physically cannot)23 Oct 2024 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l76yv563it2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l64vtu7yms2levery time i hit the credits of tv glow i tear up10 Oct 2024 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l64vtu7yms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l4bjelkzgu23femininomenology16 Sep 2024 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4bjelkzgu23https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l43p2nu7yk24i've got a sleepy build14 Sep 2024 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l43p2nu7yk24https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l3rjt4uil626writing an article i would have liked to have read when i started managing (what is management actually?) and the answer i'm coming to is it's the crappy corp stuff nobody else can do - perf management and firing people - but also everything else, pro re nata.10 Sep 2024 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3rjt4uil626https://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l3qzh5ho5i2gcombination truck stop arby's Fallen Soldier Table in Du Bois, PA09 Sep 2024 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3qzh5ho5i2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/reid9.bsky.social/post/3l3jin3wrdz2dtoday i learned the only reason you can visit fallingwater is because the owner's son was gay and had no kids and donated it06 Sep 2024 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:mtflmvoody4564dbunmxrr7v/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3jin3wrdz2d