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The developer subculture is mostly pro meritocracy, so it isn't really modern progressive. Developers were progressive when meritocracy was progressive, but now
by Jensson 4y ago
The developer subculture is mostly pro meritocracy, so it isn't really modern progressive. Developers were progressive when meritocracy was progressive, but now they aren't.
- badcppdev 4y agoI don't think the "developer subculture" is clearly bounded or uniform geographically. You state that the developer subculture has stayed with pro-meritocracy but I think it has changed. Where could we find a definition to check that we were referring to the same thing?
- Jensson 4y agoFrom the internal forums at Google, from what I see online and have seen offline. Modern progressive anti-meritocracy people might be loud, but they are a small minority, even at Google at the height of progressivism there you would see pro-meritocracy views winning out strongly among developers. You also see it here, I feel most here on HN are pro meritocracy. There are some progressives around who go into every thread about the topic and post a lot, but meritocracy views and topics tend to get upvoted.