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Why 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobs
Evan Carmichael · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2017–2025).
About this video
“Why 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobs” is catalogued as a commentary from Evan Carmichael. Its recorded topics are Management, leadership & organizations and Tech pioneers & interviews, with tags such as steve jobs, management, hiring, and company culture. These labels offer a subject map for the video; they do not provide a transcript or establish details beyond the public export. This guide uses catalog metadata and Hacker News stance counts rather than repeating the source summary.
Audience fit: people exploring Management, leadership & organizations and Tech pioneers & interviews may find it relevant. The source classifies its format as commentary and its level as general; those labels describe catalog intent, not guaranteed prerequisites or a specific teaching style. Review the video itself for details before using it as a reference.
Discussion snapshot: the export records 7 comments from 2 distinct recommenders over 2 months between 2017 and 2025. Its 7 available labels count 5 contextual references, 1 recommendation, 1 strong recommendation, 0 critical mentions, and 0 jokes. Most recorded mentions use the video as context for another discussion. No mention in this snapshot is classified as critical. This describes the available labels and should not be read as proof of unanimous agreement. These counts describe roles assigned to comments; they do not measure factual correctness or video quality. Each Hacker News item below links to its source comment for the full exchange.
Recorded details: the source lists Evan Carmichael as the channel or speaker. Runtime is not included in this export. A verified YouTube publication date is not included. The first and last years above refer to Hacker News mentions, not the video's release year. No duration or release year has been guessed.
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- Evan Carmichael
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- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2025
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
These concise summaries are generated from real comment text, thread titles, and stance labels. They do not reproduce comment wording; the original comment stays on Hacker News.
The commenter uses the video as context in “What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail?”, connecting it with becomes, core, croup, and group.
The commenter uses the video as context in “Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP (2015)”, connecting it with according, guess, jobs, and leader.
The commenter uses the video as context in “Why are there so many bad bosses?”, connecting it with managers, good, ones, and teams.