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"I feel bad for people who make 12/her and get fired without 4 months plus severance, without health insurance extension, etc." But also "Seriously, stop comp

"I feel bad for people who make 12/her and get fired without 4 months plus severance, without health insurance extension, etc." But also "Seriously, stop complaining. End of the day life is not fair and you have to set yourself up to SURVIVE. " Why would you feel bad for those people if life isn't fair and they should have set themselves to survive?

moomoo11 4y ago
I do feel bad for the 12/hour folks considering I used to be one of those. As someone who got into tech as a self taught engineer at age 25 I am always blown away by the entitled nature of people around me who either A) don't work that hard and goof around on the clock and B) complain when we're literally coddled to the brim with free food, free trips to events every year, and various other free benefits. I remember not getting a $0.25 per hour raise one year and being upset about it for a minute. I didn't have free top of the line health insurance (no insurance actually), nor did my company just pay for things that have nothing to do with my job. As someone who went from a few hundred bucks in his bank account to now literally six figures in my checking, and much more in stocks and investments (which are down lol), even if I got laid off I know I'm probably getting 5 years x service + 3-4 months full pay severance worst case scenario. All I'm saying is that we're playing the game (capitalism) and companies will cut their losses. That's just how it works and we choose to sign offer letters, and yes I feel much worse for my friends who are not in tech who can barely afford to put food on the table or meet rent than a fellow tech bro who has to cancel his luxury Lake Tahoe cabin rental during these economic hardship times.
- themitigating 4y ago
  I think many industries have workers that don't give it there all. I think movies and TV have implied that all tech workers do is play ping pong. However on HN many people post stories about burning out and wanting to leave the business
  - moomoo11 4y ago
    Go work at a fast food place and goof off. You’re fired. Go play ping pong (literally dealt with this a few years ago when we had to go in the office, some team we relied on used to just waste time and move slow) and “estimating is hard wahh”? 400k tc and still complain how life is hard lol.

moomoo11 4y ago

I do feel bad for the 12/hour folks considering I used to be one of those. As someone who got into tech as a self taught engineer at age 25 I am always blown away by the entitled nature of people around me who either A) don't work that hard and goof around on the clock and B) complain when we're literally coddled to the brim with free food, free trips to events every year, and various other free benefits. I remember not getting a $0.25 per hour raise one year and being upset about it for a minute. I didn't have free top of the line health insurance (no insurance actually), nor did my company just pay for things that have nothing to do with my job. As someone who went from a few hundred bucks in his bank account to now literally six figures in my checking, and much more in stocks and investments (which are down lol), even if I got laid off I know I'm probably getting 5 years x service + 3-4 months full pay severance worst case scenario. All I'm saying is that we're playing the game (capitalism) and companies will cut their losses. That's just how it works and we choose to sign offer letters, and yes I feel much worse for my friends who are not in tech who can barely afford to put food on the table or meet rent than a fellow tech bro who has to cancel his luxury Lake Tahoe cabin rental during these economic hardship times.

themitigating 4y ago
I think many industries have workers that don't give it there all. I think movies and TV have implied that all tech workers do is play ping pong. However on HN many people post stories about burning out and wanting to leave the business
- moomoo11 4y ago
  Go work at a fast food place and goof off. You’re fired. Go play ping pong (literally dealt with this a few years ago when we had to go in the office, some team we relied on used to just waste time and move slow) and “estimating is hard wahh”? 400k tc and still complain how life is hard lol.