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"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads"
by HenryKissinger 6y ago
"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads"
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoWhen I was looking for a new SWE job in 2016 after my startup laid off a third of its employees the vast majority of open positions in other startups were in "analytics", marketing or advertising-related companies. And similarly most of the positions that Amazon, Facebook and Google recruiters have approached me for are also in that field (even though I don't have any professional experience in that area, nor any keywords in my LinkedIn profile). I understand it's where the money is, and it's probably a good idea to work in a profit-center for once instead of being viewed as a cost-center by the MBAs, but I still have a soul.