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This is some of the worst advice I've ever seen. Do this if you want to die sad and alone with nothing but your money beside you I guess. The last sentence is

This is some of the worst advice I've ever seen. Do this if you want to die sad and alone with nothing but your money beside you I guess. The last sentence is actually not bad advice though.

gdulli 9y ago
Yeah this is how the world gets Donald Trumps.
bitL 9y ago
It used to be better, now if you aren't running your own software company you are treated as a 3rd class citizen and you have to become sleazy "Saul Goodman" to prosper. I am super disgusted by the state of affairs right now, which is why I am running my own businesses, but don't expect this would get any better as the computing tech innovation pace has slowed down to a crawl, stabilizing existing power structures for the next 50 years.
- scriptkiddy 9y ago
  I guess it depends who you work for. I prefer to work at small new companies until they get off the ground. Then I shift to the next small new company. Small meaning < 30 employees for the whole organization. Pay isn't as great, and the work is definitely more under pressure, but I find that the only thing expected of me is quality work. I don't have to worry about trying to climb ladders or schmoozing management. I understand that not everyone has the skill set to do what I do, but I think that if you're tired of Mega Corp social engineering, taking the pay cut for more personally rewarding work is a great path to go down. After all, quality of life has very little to do with what you have beyond a certain threshold and more to do with what you make of it. I get paid less than other developers in my area, but I work entirely from home and I choose the technologies, architecture, language, etc.
  - bitL 9y ago
    I actually tried them all, ranging from megacorps that were darlings of techies and Wall Street to nimble startups with amazing tech. It was politics everywhere, at startups even more nepotistic/cronyistic than in megacorps (e.g. seeing a wife of a cofounder and CEO wasting money on getting selfies with some marketing pseudo-celebrities instead of doing real marketing, and knowing I can't say a word because she basically controlled her husband).
    - deathWasp271 9y ago
      What you said resonates with me. I would like to talk to you in detail. Can I PM you?
    - paki123 9y ago
      This is incredible.

This is some of the worst advice I've ever seen. Do this if you want to die sad and alone with nothing but your money beside you I guess. The last sentence is actually not bad advice though.

gdulli 9y ago

Yeah this is how the world gets Donald Trumps.

bitL 9y ago

It used to be better, now if you aren't running your own software company you are treated as a 3rd class citizen and you have to become sleazy "Saul Goodman" to prosper. I am super disgusted by the state of affairs right now, which is why I am running my own businesses, but don't expect this would get any better as the computing tech innovation pace has slowed down to a crawl, stabilizing existing power structures for the next 50 years.

scriptkiddy 9y ago
I guess it depends who you work for. I prefer to work at small new companies until they get off the ground. Then I shift to the next small new company. Small meaning < 30 employees for the whole organization. Pay isn't as great, and the work is definitely more under pressure, but I find that the only thing expected of me is quality work. I don't have to worry about trying to climb ladders or schmoozing management. I understand that not everyone has the skill set to do what I do, but I think that if you're tired of Mega Corp social engineering, taking the pay cut for more personally rewarding work is a great path to go down. After all, quality of life has very little to do with what you have beyond a certain threshold and more to do with what you make of it. I get paid less than other developers in my area, but I work entirely from home and I choose the technologies, architecture, language, etc.
- bitL 9y ago
  I actually tried them all, ranging from megacorps that were darlings of techies and Wall Street to nimble startups with amazing tech. It was politics everywhere, at startups even more nepotistic/cronyistic than in megacorps (e.g. seeing a wife of a cofounder and CEO wasting money on getting selfies with some marketing pseudo-celebrities instead of doing real marketing, and knowing I can't say a word because she basically controlled her husband).
  - deathWasp271 9y ago
    What you said resonates with me. I would like to talk to you in detail. Can I PM you?
  - paki123 9y ago
    This is incredible.