During the pandemic nadir I kept thinking about “viewing” and “seeing” and Zoom and Gladia.

Yep, my high school computer science class looked just like this. Thanks for the memories.

Panel 4:

“But you inspire 6 people to work at peak capacity so that the team is as effective as 9 people, and they all say you give a shit about them, their growth, and doing the work that actually matters with guidance and appropriate comp adjustment. Be a manager.”

If you work with incompetent middle management, move. When you work for a great manager in a great team, you feel bulletproof.