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just to be fair "mentally ill" and "in tech" don't have to be mutually exclusive.
by sharemywin 4y ago
just to be fair "mentally ill" and "in tech" don't have to be mutually exclusive.
- BurningFrog 4y agoI have no evidence beyond gut feel, but I think the tech population is probably above average in mental illness.
- Noughmad 4y agoAbove average in diagnosed and treated mental illness. You know, the kind that is way less violent than the other kind.
- DoughnutHole 4y agoIf you're a techie then you're not mentally ill, you're eccentric.
- jstarfish 4y agoI've seen the same euphemism used to pave over outright criminality. Remember: If it smells like fraud, it's just eccentricity!
- phone8675309 4y agoWaiting for the day when someone says "it's not fraud, it's just extreme hustle!"
- jstarfish 4y agoSomeone on Metafilter(?) once suggested a high overlap between IT personnel and libertarians. It has been interesting to consider but after decades of observation I don't think it's a political thing-- I think tech attracts a disproportionate number of textbook Narcissists. Those fuckers crave power. We have absolute control over entire ecosystems. At first it's freedom for all, but then we turn into dictators regarding our governance of it. In the end it becomes Domain Admin rights for me, principle of least privilege for thee.
- BurningFrog 4y agoWriting software is spending all day literally giving commands to be obeyed. I suspect there is a subset of us that really enjoys that in a not completely healthy way.