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You say that like it's an inviolable law of nature to be fucked by your employer.
by WalterSear 9y ago
You say that like it's an inviolable law of nature to be fucked by your employer.
- krapp 9y agoIt may not be an inviolable law of nature, but the power dynamic of employment is designed to never be equitable. That's always worth keeping in mind when one is tempted to seek emotional or intellectual validation from a company, which is something programmers and other creative types can fall prey to. A story was posted here and on /r/gamedev not long ago about a game developer who quit their job and moved to a new town on promise of an interview with some AAA studio (I CBA to remember the specifics right now) but they were so emotionally invested in the hype and culture of that company that they were left in dire straits... when that company simply canceled the interview and passed them up because they said a negative thing about the studio in a forum once. Unless you're independently wealthy, or not living in the US, and thus protected by a social safety net and strong employment laws, you really can't afford to approach the job market with anything but cynicism.