Firing People
<i>>What the shit does that even mean, fire fast? Should I fire people four minutes after I hire them? That’ll show ‘em!</i><p>My suggestion is to remove all sentences like the above from the essay.  The "four minutes" sounds juvenile or coy (or combination of both).<p>Are there reasonable adults out there who have <i>no idea</i> what the "<i>fast</i>" in  "<i>fire fast</i>" actually means?  If not, don't insult your audience with a caricature.  Demonstrate that you have some perspective so readers can focus on the stronger parts of your commentary.<p>The essay is almost 10,000 words long and stumbling across that sentence doesn't entice me to commit the time and read the rest of it.