1 - Live and learn, eh? 2 - I think other technologists don't carry the same prejudices against technologists, so they don't accidentally showcase those prejud

1 - Live and learn, eh? 2 - I think other technologists don't carry the same prejudices against technologists, so they don't accidentally showcase those prejudices. I guess there's a 3 - Spot on. 4 - I think the incentives are against concise initial communication. It's like online dating - from a strictly rational perspective, spamming out a halfway witty message gets better ROI than individual messages. It feels gross, tho. Being reasonably concise would involve some targeting, which would cost timemoney. So you get gross (in both senses) messages. Also, maybe expect an email from me. 5 - That's legit. Maybe my perspective is a little myopic on that point. Oops. 6 - Interesting. My current contract seems to be a fixed percentage, though they won't share the number ("A percentage in the 40s"). I assumed this meant they were lying, but I applied for FTE here and lied about what I make, and HR caught it. Interesting to hear about it from the other side.