The rules nobody tells you when you join the industry.
Every tech company has its own version of The Continental — a set of unspoken rules that govern who rises, who falls, and who survives the next reorg. You won't find them in the employee handbook. They're not on the wiki. They exist in the spaces between org charts and Slack channels, enforced by people who never explicitly state them but always notice when you break one.
This 7-part series uses the John Wick universe as a lens to examine the power structures, reputation games, and survival strategies of corporate tech. If you've ever watched someone get promoted for reasons nobody can explain, navigated an org chart that looks like a conspiracy theory, or wondered why some people always seem to land on their feet while others — equally talented — get quietly reorganized into irrelevance, these parables are for you.
Status: Launches 23 September 2026. A new episode every Wednesday through 4 November.
The episodes
- 🏛️ The High Table — The Rules You Never Voted For · 23 September
- 🏨 The Continental — Neutral Ground Is Never Neutral · 30 September
- 🪙 The Gold Coins — The Currency That Isn't on Your Payslip · 7 October
- ⛓️ Excommunicado — The Anatomy of Professional Exile · 14 October
- ✏️ Baba Yaga — The Reputation That Arrives Before You Do · 21 October
- 🏔️ The Impossible Task — The Job That Was Supposed to Set You Free · 28 October
- 👑 The Bowery King — Build Where Nobody Is Watching · 4 November
What to expect
Seven standalone parables, best read in order. Each one explores a different rule of survival in tech — power structures, social capital, reputation, consequences, and the art of building something from nothing in an environment that rewards politics as often as it rewards competence. Dark comedy with a sharp point. The kind of stories you forward to a colleague with no comment, because the comment is implied. Seven parables, one recurring law — Rule Zero — and a concierge who keeps notes.