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I'm very grateful to be working at a little company that makes a technically interesting but politically boring product. Work is, for me, not a place to get fea

I'm very grateful to be working at a little company that makes a technically interesting but politically boring product. Work is, for me, not a place to get feather-white about politics, I just fix bugs and talk to customers and troubleshoot problems and develop some features and go home. Talk to the coworkers about our kids and what we're doing over the weekend. It's a very laid-back atmosphere that prioritizes what's right in front of you and doesn't demand a lot of idealism, just competence and bringing in enough profit that we do alright.

raphlinus 8y ago
I'm with you. Whichever side you're on, Facebook's products and services now have a role in society where their decisions will inevitably have a deep impact. In some cases, like the Rohingya crisis, lives are literally at stake. It's not just Facebook, either. I got tired of getting a sick feeling every time I woke up to see my employer in another controversy, which is a large part of the reason I'm an indie game developer now.
spankalee 8y ago
It's great that you get to escape the reality of Republicans working to undermine American democracy at work. Consider that a great privilege. Lots of people don't have the benefit of forgetting their troubles during the day.
debt 8y ago
". Work is, for me, not a place to get feather-white about politics, I just fix bugs and talk to customers and troubleshoot problems and develop some features and go home. Talk to the coworkers about our kids and what we're doing over the weekend." Not to go all Godwin's Law here but...
ryanwaggoner 8y ago
I hear you, I like the idea of separating out politics from work, but I’m increasingly feeling like everything intersects with politics, and to be apolitical in any area of life is itself a political action in one direction or another. Maybe it’s just a reflection of how partisanship infects everything, but...it still infects everything, so not sure that pretending otherwise is intellectually honest. That doesn’t mean we can’t treat each other with respect or consider other viewpoints, of course.
drivingmenuts 8y ago
Same here. I don't know my co-workers politics or religion and I like it that way. I do know one's dietary preferences, though, but I'm OK with that. We don't even talk sports, which is awesome for me personally.

raphlinus 8y ago

I'm with you. Whichever side you're on, Facebook's products and services now have a role in society where their decisions will inevitably have a deep impact. In some cases, like the Rohingya crisis, lives are literally at stake. It's not just Facebook, either. I got tired of getting a sick feeling every time I woke up to see my employer in another controversy, which is a large part of the reason I'm an indie game developer now.

spankalee 8y ago

It's great that you get to escape the reality of Republicans working to undermine American democracy at work. Consider that a great privilege. Lots of people don't have the benefit of forgetting their troubles during the day.

debt 8y ago

". Work is, for me, not a place to get feather-white about politics, I just fix bugs and talk to customers and troubleshoot problems and develop some features and go home. Talk to the coworkers about our kids and what we're doing over the weekend." Not to go all Godwin's Law here but...

ryanwaggoner 8y ago

I hear you, I like the idea of separating out politics from work, but I’m increasingly feeling like everything intersects with politics, and to be apolitical in any area of life is itself a political action in one direction or another. Maybe it’s just a reflection of how partisanship infects everything, but...it still infects everything, so not sure that pretending otherwise is intellectually honest. That doesn’t mean we can’t treat each other with respect or consider other viewpoints, of course.

drivingmenuts 8y ago

Same here. I don't know my co-workers politics or religion and I like it that way. I do know one's dietary preferences, though, but I'm OK with that. We don't even talk sports, which is awesome for me personally.