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Given median comp at Google, working at Google is quite privileged. Going to Stanford is likewise privileged. Being privileged isn't an insult, just a recogni
by mediaman 4y ago
Given median comp at Google, working at Google is quite privileged.
Going to Stanford is likewise privileged.
Being privileged isn't an insult, just a recognition of fact.
- paxys 4y agoBy that logic everyone in the world is privileged compared to those earning 5% less than them, including every person here complaining about a Google employee's privilege. So what does that word mean exactly?
- nerdponx 4y agoYes
- postalrat 4y agoA wise woman once said: "Now is the envy of all of the dead"
- sanedigital 4y agoWith a few exceptions, everyone here on HN is wildly privileged. The .0001% of world-history.
- galactus 4y agoIf you go to the other extreme no one but the richest person on earth is priviledged. Come on, making 300k a year or more is privilege even within the context of US white collar jobs.
- paxys 4y agoRegardless of the number, getting paid for your labor & skills is not "privilege". Employees at Google are getting fleeced by the corporation and its shareholders just like the rest of us are by ours. Remember the big tech poaching scandal from a decade ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...)?
- gretch 4y ago> just a recognition of fact It's literally not a fact, it's an opinion. Hey what's your job? You don't need to tell me. But I'm gonna go ahead and say you're privileged compared to a rural chinese farmer that has never held a phone.
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- sgtnoodle 4y agoThat farmer might be happier though.
- prewett 4y agoGiven how many of them leave their kids with the grandparents and move to Guangdong, etc. to work in the factories and live in bunk houses and send money back home, only seeing their kids once a year during Spring Festival, I think they might not be content. (On the other hand, I guess the ones still farming would be happier, by virtue of self-selection.)
- Gibbon1 4y agoChinese farmer probably has higher data rates on his phone for less per month.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoAnd isn't allowed to play gatcha games or WoW anymore
- ismokedoinks 4y agoWelcome to Maoism-Third Worldism comrade
- mediaman 4y agoPrivilege is necessarily a comparative concept. Most people in America are privileged compared to a rural Chinese farmer. The median Google employee is privileged compared to average American citizens. It's healthy to acknowledge this.