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What gets to me is how many talented developers at Google and Facebook are willing to take big salaries and turn a blind eye to the "meaning" of their work. I'm
by ffdreamff 4y ago
What gets to me is how many talented developers at Google and Facebook are willing to take big salaries and turn a blind eye to the "meaning" of their work. I'm friends with such people. They are lovely humans. But I zone out when they talk about their work. I just don't care how fun the work is when the outputs of the company you work for I don't agree with.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoWhat if their work is meaningful? What if ads are just a way to help small businesses reach customers? The idea that Google is doing some awful thing is cynical. Even if you dislike ads, Google Cloud is infra for developers and applications to help businesses/people do work. All good stuff.
- ffdreamff 4y agoI am cynical. But exactly zero of my half dozen or so friends at Google or Facebook jobs are meaningful. They enable the machines. > What if ads are just a way to help small businesses reach customers? I see this argument all the time online. But never in person. I don't think people say it in person because they know they don't truly believe it justifies the rest of the stuff.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoMeaningful to who? It's unlikely to be a good assumption - that what people say in person is what they really think and what they say from behind a fake name isn't. There are a number of things people truly believe and don't say in person because of the expected negative reaction. I use my real name online and I'm careful of what I say. You seem to have created a fake name an hour ago to say something that you probably believe, but don't want to risk offending someone - it's a rational thing to do.
- Apocryphon 4y agoMaybe you just haven't met anyone who's worked on SMB ads?