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This blog post is directed at me, personally. Thanks W.D. This isn't just Data Science, I'd say that the gripes of the author are valid for about 60% of activit
by nerpderp82 4y ago
This blog post is directed at me, personally. Thanks W.D. This isn't just Data Science, I'd say that the gripes of the author are valid for about 60% of activity in tech companies. Not saying we can just eliminate 60% of it, but a lot of it supplies non-quantitative value that is driven by fashion (subset of politics) and direct politics.
There are a lot of naked emperors walking around with lots of folks standing as close as they can to shield them from the cool winter wind.
- jrochkind1 4y agoNot just tech companies either. Go bigger. It's possibly 60% of activity in US white collar economy. (I can't speak for those who work with their bodies, could be or not).
- asdff 4y agoFormer body worker. 100% of us worked, because if you had nothing to do the boss will invent something for you to do or send you home.
- jrochkind1 4y agoAre you saying that meant you did a lot of useless work?
- asdff 4y agoIt was more like backlogged maintenance. Like "Ok its too wet to mow today, lets get the backhoe and finally redo the storm drain so it doesn't clog"
- jrochkind1 4y agoSo that is maybe different. I think the "60%" we're talking about above, to me, is people doing useless work, or work whose only use is internal "political".
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