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I worked as a sysadmin in a startup which developed ContentID contender (video recognition). Fun fact: half of the IT department was using torrents with no regr

I worked as a sysadmin in a startup which developed ContentID contender (video recognition). Fun fact: half of the IT department was using torrents with no regrets. edit: wording.

acct1771 8y ago
Their morals are suspect at best. Sellout mercenaries...
- TheFattestNinja 8y ago
  You are right. But as someone who probably would fall in the same category, let me tell you why I'll always put a great weight on the "money paid" metric when evaluating alternative jobs: I'm reasonably young (second to last generation of professionals?), and most of us have grown up with a quite nihilistic view of things (prob. due to overexposure to media and dire economic conjectures). A fair share of us has 0 interest in their jobs. That's not defining of our lives as it was for past generations. It's just a tool to enable us to do the things that matter. And the more money we can make, the better. Would we love a job we love? Of course. But any job sucks in some measure(hence why you get paid for it), so might as well get paid a lot for it and retire at 45. Of course there is a line somewhere (actual harm caused by your products), but copyright infringement against big labels is hardly over that line.
  - AchieveLife 8y ago
    I've heard this argument before. "We want x But have to do y because then we can retire." Problem is life doesn't work the way we plan it. Every moment is what you create. It doesn't take much for your entire world to be thrown into chaos. Quit making excuses about not living your life the way you want to.
exikyut 8y ago
I once saw a documentary about a tobacco magnate. He didn't smoke, because, of course, it was bad for one's health.
- baud147258 8y ago
  I heard TV network execs saying they don't let their children watch TV because it's bad
  - ocdtrekkie 8y ago
    Similarly a bunch of tech bigwigs have admitted to having strict limits for their children being on the Internet.

I worked as a sysadmin in a startup which developed ContentID contender (video recognition). Fun fact: half of the IT department was using torrents with no regrets. edit: wording.

acct1771 8y ago

Their morals are suspect at best. Sellout mercenaries...

TheFattestNinja 8y ago
You are right. But as someone who probably would fall in the same category, let me tell you why I'll always put a great weight on the "money paid" metric when evaluating alternative jobs: I'm reasonably young (second to last generation of professionals?), and most of us have grown up with a quite nihilistic view of things (prob. due to overexposure to media and dire economic conjectures). A fair share of us has 0 interest in their jobs. That's not defining of our lives as it was for past generations. It's just a tool to enable us to do the things that matter. And the more money we can make, the better. Would we love a job we love? Of course. But any job sucks in some measure(hence why you get paid for it), so might as well get paid a lot for it and retire at 45. Of course there is a line somewhere (actual harm caused by your products), but copyright infringement against big labels is hardly over that line.
- AchieveLife 8y ago
  I've heard this argument before. "We want x But have to do y because then we can retire." Problem is life doesn't work the way we plan it. Every moment is what you create. It doesn't take much for your entire world to be thrown into chaos. Quit making excuses about not living your life the way you want to.

exikyut 8y ago

I once saw a documentary about a tobacco magnate. He didn't smoke, because, of course, it was bad for one's health.

baud147258 8y ago
I heard TV network execs saying they don't let their children watch TV because it's bad
- ocdtrekkie 8y ago
  Similarly a bunch of tech bigwigs have admitted to having strict limits for their children being on the Internet.