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I understand I'm late to this party, and you didn't specifically open a set with myself. But here's a ball. You've given six years of your life laboriously man
by godDLL 5y ago
I understand I'm late to this party, and you didn't specifically open a set with myself. But here's a ball.
You've given six years of your life laboriously manifesting something guided by robots (A/B testing, et al.) and uncompassionate bodies (lizard people, et al.)
What would you think the chances are that your actual resulting contraption is not specifically and solely an implement to ride the leverage of the monopolizing forces of the market? Or maybe an omnipresent vampire sloth, if that is more directly relatable?
Why do you think you were engaged in a net Good?
Incidentally, I ran away from high-tech in 2016, having understood what we're building (no matter the company) and who is pulling our levers (market trading robots). I did not need to hang around to see what it leads to, and couldn't bring myself to do it either. I was physically ill for years prior, and might have well medicated myself to literal termination; I got my wake-up call.
Do I need to be yours, or will you please shut yourself out for a week and reexamine your memories wrt/ conclusions and operating assumptions? You sound like a reasonable person thoroughly misled, I would not bother typing all of this out otherwise. Can you please try thinking for yourself, you can clearly do that well enough. Just shut it all out for a week and come talk to me then.
I'll listen.
- joshenders 5y ago> Why do you think you were engaged in a net Good? This is a very easy one for me to answer: I saw the net good firsthand in our users’ faces. The most common response to telling someone where I worked was: “I love Pinterest!” and as a core user, I do too. My favorite way to browse Pinterest is on an iPad late at night, bouncing around from idea to idea. Discovering interests I had no idea existed within me and inspiring me to be the best version of myself and try new things. My Pinterest boards are the most honest, reflective, and personal things I’ve ever posted on the Internet. Every imperfect human part of me is on display. https://www.pinterest.com/joshenders/ https://www.pinterest.com/joshenders/ I’m really sorry to hear about your bad experience in tech. I can relate and empathize with how you’ve felt and I hope you’ve arrived at a better place. If you do ever want to chat my email is my hn username at gmail.com.
- godDLL 5y agoAcknowledged. When and if you decide to do a no-device, no-news, no-people retreat I'll love to hear what you and not your environment have to say though. Call me up then +9 72 58 666 1024 I am real, and I will listen.