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It's a symptom of modern supply-side economics. It's all about job creation. The people who are working on this project are the only ones getting anything out o
by cryptica 6y ago
It's a symptom of modern supply-side economics.
It's all about job creation. The people who are working on this project are the only ones getting anything out of it. It's CaaS 'Career as a Service'.
The people who work for this company are probably a bunch of kids whose rich daddies wanted them to experience what it feels like to succeed in their careers and so daddy kept injecting millions of dollars into their projects.
But their career is about as real as a roller-coaster ride in a Disney theme park.
I've worked for many different companies over the past decade and I've seen this everywhere, over and over.
Nowadays, when I look for a job, the only question I ask myself is: "Do these founders have rich daddies?".
I only work for companies whose founders have rich daddies because they're the only ones which can 'succeed'. It doesn't matter what the project is or whether it adds any value anymore.
It doesn't matter how much value I can produce in any other capacity because other people's daddies have access to the money printer and no one can compete with the money printer.
- klohto 6y agoThis is by far the most vile comment I have read on HN. I hope it’s just a case of Poe’s law otherwise you should seek professional help.
- cryptica 6y agoYou're right I'm probably mentally ill by now. I was perfectly healthy 5 years ago though. I assure you, it's a lot more traumatic to actually experience the effects that I've just described over and over during 5 years than to read a single comment about it on HN. Whatever emotions my comment brings up can only help you. Creating something useful for society is very difficult and almost nobody is doing it these days. Realizing this fact is a healthy, positive step forward even though it's going to hurt a lot people's feelings.
- klohto 6y agoI kinda agree with your point about CaaS, but the notes about "rich-daddy" types are just mean for no reason. They have no merit in reality.