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>Everybody who disagrees with you is wrong, by definition. That's not what I said. I said the following: >This post wasn't written for you[, a person who alre

>Everybody who disagrees with you is wrong, by definition. That's not what I said. I said the following: >This post wasn't written for you[, a person who already works at a megacorp. The article is written for an audience who is considering a job at one.]. People who have already drunk the kool-aid [i.e. already works at a megacorp] need a much different approach to break their cognative dissonance[, a natural human bias which makes it difficult to critically examine oneself]. I annotated it here for clarity, but I understand that my comment relies heavily on context for this interpretation to work, and I understand how that would cause you to read it differently.

UncleMeat 6y ago
You assume that the only way somebody could conclude that working at a megacorp is right for them is that they are brainwashed ("drunk the kool-aid") and that they are so thick headed that they'd be unable to pierce with argument. You fail to consider that it really is possible for people to have different values and needs than you and honestly and coherently conclude that working at one of these companies is a good idea for them. For the record, I also disagree with a lot of what was written in your post as straight of factually wrong. My manager's manager's manager's manager does know my name, for example. I do work that I choose almost entirely, my work has direct and meaningful impact on a problem I personally care about a lot (my friends and family care a lot too), and I've been able to be one of the primary voices involved in pushing an entire org of hundreds to change a major strategic approach over the last several years. I've never been asked to sign a non-compete. There are problems with major companies. They aren't for everybody. That's fine. But telling people that they are just blind for disagreeing with you is just awful.

UncleMeat 6y ago

You assume that the only way somebody could conclude that working at a megacorp is right for them is that they are brainwashed ("drunk the kool-aid") and that they are so thick headed that they'd be unable to pierce with argument. You fail to consider that it really is possible for people to have different values and needs than you and honestly and coherently conclude that working at one of these companies is a good idea for them. For the record, I also disagree with a lot of what was written in your post as straight of factually wrong. My manager's manager's manager's manager does know my name, for example. I do work that I choose almost entirely, my work has direct and meaningful impact on a problem I personally care about a lot (my friends and family care a lot too), and I've been able to be one of the primary voices involved in pushing an entire org of hundreds to change a major strategic approach over the last several years. I've never been asked to sign a non-compete. There are problems with major companies. They aren't for everybody. That's fine. But telling people that they are just blind for disagreeing with you is just awful.