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This is the best thing I read in months. People should read David Graeber’s (in memoriam) Bullshit Jobs. People are great at fooling themselves but on the othe
by louwrentius 4y ago
This is the best thing I read in months. People should read David Graeber’s (in memoriam) Bullshit Jobs.
People are great at fooling themselves but on the other hand we often instinctively know when our jobs are bullshit.
And I think 30%-50% of IT jobs, it being operations, software development or supporting roles, it doesn’t matter.
It’s a combination of incompetence of people and the incentives of capitalism.
- ludicity 4y agoThank you! And when pressed, almost everyone I've spoken to that hasn't moved into management (if you ask management, you're asking for people who have largely self-selected into delusion, at least at these orgs that are struggling), has admitted their work is useless. I met an engineer considerably more senior than myself recently, who said something along the lines of "A reckoning is coming". I think they have a lot more faith than I do in these ultra-bloated organisations trimming fat. The funny thing is, we both think that we're the people who should get trimmed, not for lack of trying, but because our best efforts have yielded nothing. I keep getting promoted, but if you look at my track record, almost everyone I've ever worked with including the super smart and diligent, are abject failures.
- louwrentius 4y agoYes, I agree 100%. The reckoning isn’t really coming because too many people in positions of power - who often care about headcount - and so many people don’t have the insight / knowledge that the IT team can be 50% of what it currently is.