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This article is not about escaping the rat race but about winning it. Reinvesting and having long-term goals is just the best strategy to make the most. It's ki
by birdsbirdsbirds 6y ago
This article is not about escaping the rat race but about winning it. Reinvesting and having long-term goals is just the best strategy to make the most. It's kind of doubling down on the rat race.
The status game is actually a valid strategy since, unlike developers, most people don't live in a merit-based society. Strong people associate with strong people. So whoever needs resources also has to appear strong. For non-developers, it's pitch day every day.
The easiest way to escape the rat race is to keep racing. Not to win, but to race.
- tstrimple 6y agoMaybe I'm missing something, but I don't think there is anything at all about developers which would set them apart from the hoi polloi. The vast majority of developers do not live in a merit based society. They are just as much subject to the requirements of appearing strong as anyone else. They have to pitch to win, just like anyone else.
- cambalache 6y ago>Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think there is anything at all about developers which would set them apart from the hoi polloi. Maybe their arrogance and inflated self-importance. But, then again, the hoi polloi are like that too.
- deckard1 6y agoI really thought the belief in tech company meritocracy died more than ten years ago.
- broberts01 6y ago> The easiest way to escape the rat race is to keep racing I don't think that is how it works.
- birdsbirdsbirds 6y agoDon't ignore the second sentence. A marathon distance can be a three day comfortable walk.