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Brian Goetz

@briangoetz.bsky.social

2.3K followers 73 following 454 posts

Java Language Architect at Oracle. Author, Java Concurrency in Practice (amzn.to/2nzZnkl). Also, cats.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This attitude is not restricted to the workers at the leaves of the tree, either. Many execs view middle managers as just "slowing things down", or being a sort of "deep state" that gets in the way of executive fiat:

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Or the Japanese version

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Ah, now here come the "this time it's different" predictions. Right on schedule.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This was published in Mad Magazine in the late 60s. I remember reading it when I was a kid. I didn't understand it then; I couldn't believe people could be so stupid.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The Little Worm Boy

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Saddenz, just short of that

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