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Touche. But many here on HN literally helped build the mainstream web. Or at least gave it their best shot. Hard to get more mainstream than “i work at faceboo
by Swizec 3y ago
Touche. But many here on HN literally helped build the mainstream web. Or at least gave it their best shot.
Hard to get more mainstream than “i work at facebook/google/whatever”
- hutzlibu 3y agoOh for sure. When you get old, you want more comfort(or have a family to feed) and more comfort comes with more money and more money comes with loosening up some ideals.
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- harimau777 3y agoI see what you are saying. On the other hand, a lot of the counter culture that I've seen takes a view something like "The reality is that most of us have to work for a corp 9-5 to survive. What makes you counter culture is what you do with the rest of your life."
- hutzlibu 3y ago"The reality is that most of us have to work for a corp 9-5 to survive." I think the reality is, that you have to work 9-5 to maintain the modern, expected standard. But if you don't care about that, there are plenty of other ways.