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It feels like it was yesterday when HN was praising Tim Bray for quitting Amazon AWS [1] over the firing of whistleblowers. And on the other hand we have what a
by blub 6y ago
It feels like it was yesterday when HN was praising Tim Bray for quitting Amazon AWS [1] over the firing of whistleblowers. And on the other hand we have what appear to be several prominent Rust community members falling over each other to get hired by Amazon and the Rust HN community largely cheering Amazon.
The Rust community seems quite desperate for corporate money and support. Amazon's not paying you out of love fellas, even if it says so in the blog post's title.
[1] https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-Amazon https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-A...
- steveklabnik 6y agoThe real world is a complicated thing. It is very possible to be critical of one part of an organization while working with another. Or even be critical of an organization you’re a part of! Nobody believes they are doing it solely out of love, but luckily, that’s not required for it to be a productive relationship.