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None of that really disagrees with the commenters point though. They might indeed be privileged and out of touch (nearly guaranteed in fact), but that does not

by girvo 4y ago

None of that really disagrees with the commenters point though. They might indeed be privileged and out of touch (nearly guaranteed in fact), but that does not mean Googlers aren’t even more so. Not that I particularly mind either way: we are all a privileged lot in the tech world. Myself absolutely included!

gretch 4y ago
It's not a useful/interesting to just say "you're privileged, stop having thoughts/opinions". We'd quickly just shut down all conversation ever because none of us are 8 year old british chimney sweeps covered in soot. In which case, how is the world a better place? We can acknowledge that there's a lens where some people have privileges ("privileged isn't a binary state") and then still have a discussion about what happened.
dvsdvasvvsavas 4y ago
What is with this thread? Why is a job being called a privilege? Are we completely discounting hard work and merit. Its not like people are inheriting jobs at Google. If working at Google such a privilege and is the goal, work towards it. Like so many other people did, take up a student loans and put yourself through school, build your resume, take up projects, internships, work experience etc. Prep for interviews, what ever it takes. Then you can take the job and enjoy the "spoils", what ever those are. One can't just decide not to put in the work and then look at the guy who did and say... privileged.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago
  > One can't just decide not to put in the work and then look at the guy who did and say... privileged. Being a President of Unites States is a privilidge, surely you dont dispute that? Are you putting in the work to become President? If not, you are not allowed to call him priviliged. > If working at Google such a privilege and is the goal, work towards it. Being the Pope is a privilidge too, do you even want to be the Pope? If I don't want to be the Pope, should I be unable to recognise that it's a position of power, privilidge and prestige?

by girvo 4y ago

gretch 4y ago

It's not a useful/interesting to just say "you're privileged, stop having thoughts/opinions". We'd quickly just shut down all conversation ever because none of us are 8 year old british chimney sweeps covered in soot. In which case, how is the world a better place? We can acknowledge that there's a lens where some people have privileges ("privileged isn't a binary state") and then still have a discussion about what happened.

dvsdvasvvsavas 4y ago

What is with this thread? Why is a job being called a privilege? Are we completely discounting hard work and merit. Its not like people are inheriting jobs at Google. If working at Google such a privilege and is the goal, work towards it. Like so many other people did, take up a student loans and put yourself through school, build your resume, take up projects, internships, work experience etc. Prep for interviews, what ever it takes. Then you can take the job and enjoy the "spoils", what ever those are. One can't just decide not to put in the work and then look at the guy who did and say... privileged.

ClumsyPilot 4y ago
> One can't just decide not to put in the work and then look at the guy who did and say... privileged. Being a President of Unites States is a privilidge, surely you dont dispute that? Are you putting in the work to become President? If not, you are not allowed to call him priviliged. > If working at Google such a privilege and is the goal, work towards it. Being the Pope is a privilidge too, do you even want to be the Pope? If I don't want to be the Pope, should I be unable to recognise that it's a position of power, privilidge and prestige?