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Calibrations Have a Context-Collapse Problem

Note: The views and opinions expressed in this content are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the author’s employer. What is Context Collapse? Context collapse occurs when content intended for one audience is consumed by multiple audiences simultaneously, each

We're in that room again: five long tables arranged in a square, twenty-five managers hunched over laptops, and the flickering overhead lights that never quite stop buzzing... okay, I'm just making it up — most of us are on Zoom for this. If you've never built a streaming pipeline, you might assume that adding a real-time aggregator is a trivial "few lines of code" job, missing the nuances of scaling, cost optimization, and many other factors. A manager skilled at storytelling can transform "fixed some bugs" into "systematically eliminated critical customer experience issues through deep technical analysis and innovative solutions."

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