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Is it actually a fact that there's a growing and general feeling of hostility from the general population throughout the world against some small subset of the
by dusted 5y ago
Is it actually a fact that there's a growing and general feeling of hostility from the general population throughout the world against some small subset of the developer population ? Or is that some woke pc-culture assumption ?
I'm asking because I've never met a "techbro" (some would then argue that if I've not met one, I must be one).
Do you have some evidence to support that there's actually such a sentiment ?
- chobeat 5y agoIt's quite clear from the amount of memes, newspaper articles, anti-big tech policies and political campaigns, discussions in online and offline communities and references in art, movies and videogames. I would say it's too early for a quantitative analysis of the phenomenon but maybe there's already something. For sure parties (like SPD in Germany) have hard numbers on the perception of such phenomenon before running campaigns on the topic.
- dusted 5y agoActually, I'm seeing exactly zero references besides that you, again, tell me that it is so. And no, memes are not representative of anything remotely akin to general population, not even the general population of the Internet. Nah, what I'm seeing here is toxic "general population" culture that's always existed in the outside world, finally seeping in to make sure that no place is without a mob with torches and pitchforks to strike down hard on anyone who d not religiously (literally or figuratively) throw them selves in mindless agreement with whatever the current zeitgeist is.
- chobeat 5y agoDo you work in a startup? Because then I would say yours count as a "no" answer to my question. Thanks for your input
- effingwewt 5y ago
- raxxorrax 5y agoI think the animosity is easy to see and I believe it is partially justified, or at least the fear it is based on. It seems it is mostly restricted to online spaces for now. But I also don't really understand the expectations of people. For tech as a whole to take responsibility? I believe the SPD in Germany has not been to constructive to dampen negative effects of tech, but I would be very interested in their perspective, especially regarding the stereotypes people have formed.
- muzani 5y agohttps://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TechBro https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TechBro It's the first thing that appears on Google. And there's plenty of references on that page alone. "They're less likely to be shy around people they're attracted to than a classic nerd, and may be depicted leaning hard into stereotypically masculine traits. Rather than being social rejects, tech bros are often in a position of prestige and may see themselves as leaders, or even as visionaries. That said, the Tech Bro is also often a far darker figure than the traditional nerd: a glib malignant narcissist whose people skills lie in manipulation rather than genuine empathy. "
- dusted 5y agoThanks, okay, having looked at the actual examples from that site (people from hackers, John Romero, someone from a comic?) it's so sought.. So "tech bro" is just "cool guy who likes computers", got it. Yea, that seems truly horrible.