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Where did I write „tech-people“? Yes, all tech people are part of the E-Mail-Caste, but not all of said Caste are techies.

Dylan16807 3y ago
Basically everyone uses email, and you said "people like us", so the poor communication here is on your end. Please elaborate if you want to be understood.
- woodpanel 3y ago
  Fair point, I thought this term is more known, but then myself had a hard time to Google it In response to the criticism. But I think this might be a good start: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33521917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33521917
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    > Many “unicorn” tech startups began with a few engineers and a product they wanted to sell, but over the past decade-plus, they have accrued a bloated bureaucracy of “equity”-minded h.r. activists, ESG-savvy consultants, affinity-group mavens, climate-change specialists, and many other email-caste hangers-on. Now that times are turning bad, tech companies can no longer afford to sustain a massive “court” of professional-class nobility, paying sinecures to sons and daughters of the good and the great who don’t know how to code or crunch numbers, but know how to write emails, hold useless meetings, and talk about diversity and inclusion. I'm not trying to self-aggrandize here, but I'm bad at emails and good at code. I'm sure you can find a portion of HN users that fit the description but I don't think "people like us - the E-Mail caste" is the way to say it.
    - woodpanel 3y ago
      How about „people getting paid handsomely for writing things on computers for other people to read“? (This includes mails, but also code or marketing etc. - eg people that didn’t have the slightest inconvenience during lockdowns compared to „essential workers“)
      - Dylan16807 3y ago
        That term works okay. But I still wouldn't say that group is the one that cares about crossing between transit areas.
jdmichal 3y ago
I feel like you're not allowed to make up phrases like "E-Mail-Caste", not explain what it means, then get mad when others don't perfectly understand it...

Dylan16807 3y ago

Basically everyone uses email, and you said "people like us", so the poor communication here is on your end. Please elaborate if you want to be understood.

woodpanel 3y ago
Fair point, I thought this term is more known, but then myself had a hard time to Google it In response to the criticism. But I think this might be a good start: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33521917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33521917
- Dylan16807 3y ago
  > Many “unicorn” tech startups began with a few engineers and a product they wanted to sell, but over the past decade-plus, they have accrued a bloated bureaucracy of “equity”-minded h.r. activists, ESG-savvy consultants, affinity-group mavens, climate-change specialists, and many other email-caste hangers-on. Now that times are turning bad, tech companies can no longer afford to sustain a massive “court” of professional-class nobility, paying sinecures to sons and daughters of the good and the great who don’t know how to code or crunch numbers, but know how to write emails, hold useless meetings, and talk about diversity and inclusion. I'm not trying to self-aggrandize here, but I'm bad at emails and good at code. I'm sure you can find a portion of HN users that fit the description but I don't think "people like us - the E-Mail caste" is the way to say it.
  - woodpanel 3y ago
    How about „people getting paid handsomely for writing things on computers for other people to read“? (This includes mails, but also code or marketing etc. - eg people that didn’t have the slightest inconvenience during lockdowns compared to „essential workers“)
    - Dylan16807 3y ago
      That term works okay. But I still wouldn't say that group is the one that cares about crossing between transit areas.

jdmichal 3y ago

I feel like you're not allowed to make up phrases like "E-Mail-Caste", not explain what it means, then get mad when others don't perfectly understand it...