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I worked in tech for a while and nothing he says sounds implausible or strange. Most jobs in tech are bad, all the perks are there just to confuse young suckers

I worked in tech for a while and nothing he says sounds implausible or strange. Most jobs in tech are bad, all the perks are there just to confuse young suckers about who's taking advantage of who, and the libertarian streak of tech worker is carefully cultivated to make us weaker as a category. The only glimmer of hope is that personally I'm noticing my peers and friends working all over the Bay Area are starting to notice. Maybe in a few years we'll do something about it.

eclipxe 11y ago
>Most jobs in tech are bad I'm not sure I can even understand how your arrive at this conclusion? Looking over the entire set of available jobs, tech is clearly one of the best fields to be in. From pay to autonomy to working conditions, etc etc. You want to see a bad job? Coal mining is a bad job.
- eropple 11y ago
  This is crab-bucket thinking, though. "You don't have it that bad!" Maybe labor, period, kind of has it bad, and that the tug-of-war between labor and capital is in a bad spot right now? Being a little bit less screwed doesn't make you not screwed, it makes you less screwed.
jdminhbg 11y ago
> the libertarian streak of tech worker is carefully cultivated to make us weaker as a category Wow, that must take a whole lot of careful coordination.
- Gibbon1 11y ago
  You have no idea. The people that pull the strings in the tech industry all know each other, and meet regularly coordinate 'business' See this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlocking_directorate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlocking_directorate Also play with this http://www.theyrule.net/ http://www.theyrule.net/
mgkimsal 11y ago
> Maybe in a few years we'll do something about it. Nope, there will just be another round of new faces, new tech, and new fundings.
shubhamjain 11y ago
Let me work in news industry for a while and write about how terrible the management is, how honest journalism is rejected and shitty PR articles are the way to go, the sheer amount of pointless meetings and asshole co-workers. I am not sure if you would be happy to work in such a workplace and that describes most of the corporate culture. People are fond of bashing startups for what they are while conveniently ignoring how much more work they get done while keeping everyone happy. Don't like it? Get a job at IBM.

eclipxe 11y ago

>Most jobs in tech are bad I'm not sure I can even understand how your arrive at this conclusion? Looking over the entire set of available jobs, tech is clearly one of the best fields to be in. From pay to autonomy to working conditions, etc etc. You want to see a bad job? Coal mining is a bad job.

eropple 11y ago
This is crab-bucket thinking, though. "You don't have it that bad!" Maybe labor, period, kind of has it bad, and that the tug-of-war between labor and capital is in a bad spot right now? Being a little bit less screwed doesn't make you not screwed, it makes you less screwed.

jdminhbg 11y ago

> the libertarian streak of tech worker is carefully cultivated to make us weaker as a category Wow, that must take a whole lot of careful coordination.

Gibbon1 11y ago
You have no idea. The people that pull the strings in the tech industry all know each other, and meet regularly coordinate 'business' See this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlocking_directorate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlocking_directorate Also play with this http://www.theyrule.net/ http://www.theyrule.net/

mgkimsal 11y ago

> Maybe in a few years we'll do something about it. Nope, there will just be another round of new faces, new tech, and new fundings.

shubhamjain 11y ago

Let me work in news industry for a while and write about how terrible the management is, how honest journalism is rejected and shitty PR articles are the way to go, the sheer amount of pointless meetings and asshole co-workers. I am not sure if you would be happy to work in such a workplace and that describes most of the corporate culture. People are fond of bashing startups for what they are while conveniently ignoring how much more work they get done while keeping everyone happy. Don't like it? Get a job at IBM.