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1.) I hardly think the brand of suit detracts from my point. 2.) Go read the comments on the article itself. It’s littered with antecdotes about training your

by awat 9y ago

1.) I hardly think the brand of suit detracts from my point. 2.) Go read the comments on the article itself. It’s littered with antecdotes about training your own replacement, being fired before a stock vest, etc. 3.) I would argue that bars and restaurants are a different story all together. The article mentions being a contractor in charge of six-figure decisions which to me reads as a could treat people appropriately chooses not to.

xkjkls 9y ago
> 1.) I hardly think the brand of suit detracts from my point. Not saying it does; I'm just saying you should learn some more about suits. > 2.) Go read the comments on the article itself. It’s littered with antecdotes about training your own replacement, being fired before a stock vest, etc. I did. The major anecdotes are: * layed off from a job with one month severance, three months healthcare, because the company realized it needed a different direction * multiple difficulties with interviewing and attempting to find a new job * another layoff when a company is acquired and his position is eliminated, where even the author says he considered his severence "more than fair" * one experience as a contractor where his contract was cancelled with no severence Sure, it's crappy to have all of those events happen to you, but other than the one contracting gig, I'd consider those layoffs extremely empathic and generous.
- awat 9y ago
  I’m interested where you are going with this. I made what I thought was a pretty innocuous comment about actions mattering more than appearance. Are you making the point that tech in general is not building in some sociopathic behaviors as an industry?
  - xkjkls 9y ago
    I think that backlash against tech has reached such a fever pitch at this point that a huge number of criticisms of it are overblown. Does tech have problems? Sure. But in order for the criticism of it to be effective, we shouldn’t mix it in with general compliants about our current economic system.

by awat 9y ago

xkjkls 9y ago

> 1.) I hardly think the brand of suit detracts from my point. Not saying it does; I'm just saying you should learn some more about suits. > 2.) Go read the comments on the article itself. It’s littered with antecdotes about training your own replacement, being fired before a stock vest, etc. I did. The major anecdotes are: * layed off from a job with one month severance, three months healthcare, because the company realized it needed a different direction * multiple difficulties with interviewing and attempting to find a new job * another layoff when a company is acquired and his position is eliminated, where even the author says he considered his severence "more than fair" * one experience as a contractor where his contract was cancelled with no severence Sure, it's crappy to have all of those events happen to you, but other than the one contracting gig, I'd consider those layoffs extremely empathic and generous.

awat 9y ago
I’m interested where you are going with this. I made what I thought was a pretty innocuous comment about actions mattering more than appearance. Are you making the point that tech in general is not building in some sociopathic behaviors as an industry?
- xkjkls 9y ago
  I think that backlash against tech has reached such a fever pitch at this point that a huge number of criticisms of it are overblown. Does tech have problems? Sure. But in order for the criticism of it to be effective, we shouldn’t mix it in with general compliants about our current economic system.