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Is there any other professional industry as politically divided and toxic as tech has become? Is there any other industry in which private companies shove thei
by to_bpr 9y ago
Is there any other professional industry as politically divided and toxic as tech has become?
Is there any other industry in which private companies shove their "values" down the throats of their employees in the manner we experience in tech?
- lol2143651 9y agoIs there any other industry as thoroughly intertwined with the Bay Area? I think the political problems are tied to the far left geography.
- DenisM 9y agoAcademia. Not an industry, but still a field of professional activity.
- Gatsky 9y agoThis is absolutely true.
- atom-morgan 9y agoAnd Susan Fowler said academia is more sexist than tech. Which one is more liberal? https://twitter.com/susanthesquark/status/880949030900989953?refsrc=email&s=11 https://twitter.com/susanthesquark/status/880949030900989953...)
- bboreham 9y agoWhen I worked at a large bank we had mandatory classes in the company values, and adherence to the values was explicitly measured in annual appraisals.
- thinkingemote 9y agoIt's just American and silicon valley tech. Not world-wide.
- DrBazza 9y agoArguably politics is a profession. Just look at recent elections in the US and the UK to see how nasty it can get.
- retox 9y agoGame development, though that's still tech. The cause may be that these fields are mainly formed of young Americans who have recently been through the marxist training camps known as university.