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As companies grow, their politics changes. It's a fact of life. You want to keep working at a startup, quit and go find a job at another startup. If this bitch
by vinceguidry 10y ago
As companies grow, their politics changes. It's a fact of life. You want to keep working at a startup, quit and go find a job at another startup.
If this bitch-fest affects his career at all, it won't be in a good way.
I've seen more than one developer lose their jobs over politics. One guy, I've seen sabotage job after job over his idealism. I try to help him but you can't teach political savvy to an unwilling student. He hears and understands me, then goes and does the exact opposite of what I tell him to do. And it has exactly the effect I predicted.
I maintain that the biggest reason developers can't get ahead is because they don't have the stomach for politics.
- barrkel 10y agoIdentity trumps economics. Idealism is a political position; it's just not an economically rewarding one. It can feed the ego, though, and taking the other road - sacrificing principles for money - may lead to more net unhappiness.
- vinceguidry 10y agoMy friend the idealist is way less happy than I am. I submit that he would be happier if he had more say, more money, and more flexibility at his job, but he threw that all away in the name of idealism. I agree, identity trumps economics, but there is such a thing as having more principles than sense.
- educar 10y agoFor many, Happiness is not a goal of life. Rightful living is. See Buddha, Gandhi, MLK etc. Sure, You might be happier than them but that hardly means anything
- vinceguidry 10y agoThese people you are holding up as paragons were way more political than you probably remember reading about. Particularly Gandhi. The only difference between their politics and your politics is that they actually accomplished things. Not being willing to get political dooms you to a life of both mediocrity and misery.