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Tech is nice because it's tedious and can be difficult and for rich high status people, an easier quicker way to more guaranteed status is Medicine or Law. You
by nickthemagicman 6y ago
Tech is nice because it's tedious and can be difficult and for rich high status people, an easier quicker way to more guaranteed status is Medicine or Law.
Your summary is both a good point and a little chilling.
I've always wondered in Capitalism how this concept of a JOB for people to have a living wage is sustainable in modern times. Much less for people to innovate and thrive.
- bonecrusher2102 6y agoI'd contend that getting licence to practice law or medicine is neither quick nor easy. Tech definitely has a lower barrier to entry and has plenty of positions that are far less tedious than equivalent (in terms of pay and status) careers in law and medicine.
- dr-detroit 6y agoTech workers have to contend with innovation obsoleting their skills, H1Bs undercutting them, and status/prestige is always awarded proportional to one's shrewdness/being a huge braggart. I worked for a very successful private law practice for 2 lawyers and their entire world was about mingling with other elites they never had to learn a new thing that's for the "clerks" who had 0 status.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoI think there's much higher status in the average person in law or medicine versus the average tech person. I don't think you can really have that same kind of status in tech without building something very significant which typically takes years of experience.