This is the way salarymen talk, and sometimes it is diagnosed by people who do not understand it as e.g. duplicity

In the not-to-distant past, I would have reflexively dismissed this sort of speech as "political BS", yes. :sweat_smile: I suspect I was far from alone, among engineer-types, though.

I'm somewhat reminded of how would-be technical founders are cautioned that, while it is indeed bad to let the sales team run the company, sales is a very real skill that that deserves respect.

Thank you for your response and, of course, for the work you did running VaccinateCA.

You seem talented at making statements that are both deniable and very clear to your target audience. Was this a skill that you deliberately practiced, were you naturally good at it, or did you pick it up some other way?

 For example, while running VaccinateCA, I could easily intuit your opinion on public Health as a field, but I don't recall you every saying anything explicitly negative during that time. I also vaguely remember some comment you made about a "certain monopsonistic firm in Nagoya" that you didn't name because, because... it would be impolite(?), but that every salaryman would instantly recognize. I figured it out, but it seemed unusual to deliberately not name a company out of politeness, while also making it very clear.