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Move along then, the blogpost is meant for regular humans who might actually feel outraged when their seemingly-stable employer (at least through Nov 2022) sudd
by wonnage 5y ago
Move along then, the blogpost is meant for regular humans who might actually feel outraged when their seemingly-stable employer (at least through Nov 2022) suddenly decides they don't feel like running the company anymore and burns it to the ground
- jrockway 5y agoYou have to understand that there is some risk working on social causes versus turning the gears of a money machine. If there weren't any risk, everyone would be working on online learning or curing cancer instead of figuring out how to shave off a nanosecond in an automated trading system or getting newspaper readers to click one more ad. I work at a startup, and most of our code is open source. That makes the job more enjoyable, but I also realize it comes with a risk. Someone could just read the code, take the best parts, and sell and market it better than us. That's a risk that you just have to live with. And, I can personally mitigate some of the risks -- keep my technical skills sharp, save money, etc. I empathize with the people that lost their job; it's a huge disruption and their lives will never be the same. But I think it's unfair to blame the CEO for climate change because he enjoyed going for a walk in the rain. It's not related in any way.