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Does anyone here know or develop RealPage Revenue Management software and want to comment on it? Edit: In business, I try to do something productive for others

Does anyone here know or develop RealPage Revenue Management software and want to comment on it? Edit: In business, I try to do something productive for others and earn a return on that. Our business culture seems to have taken our worst instincts and made them religion: Squeeze every drop of blood out of everyone. What is RealPage producing for our society?

anon373839 3y ago
> I try to do something productive for others and earn a return on that. This is how to achieve satisfaction with your work. Unless you’re sociopathic, knowing that your work takes advantage of others causes cognitive dissonance.
- gonzo41 3y ago
  There's plenty of FB developers floating about here. That platform has had a pretty big impact on place like Myanmar. and everyone seems to just ignore that fact.
  - danuker 3y ago
    Maybe they're not ignoring it. They're just not attracting attention to the fact that they're pushing down the price of supremacy on human attention.
  - enjo 3y ago
    I mean it’s had an enormously negative effect on the planet in general. Democracy in the states is on the brink mostly because of Facebook and Twitter.
toast0 3y ago
Anyone working there should keep themselves out of comment sections while they and/or their customers are embroiled in lawsuits, so I'd imagine you won't get a response from them. Devil's advocate: if you believe high density living is important/required to reduce society's environmental footprint, someone needs to build it, and someone needs to operate it. Helping people who operate high density residential charge more for it, makes it more desirable to operate, and therefore increases demand for construction of high density living spaces. Thus, helping society move towards higher density living and saving the environment.
- SkyPuncher 3y ago
  By direct opposition, helping operators raise rates directly prevents people from living in them. The market is always right. If people want high density, they will pay for high density.
  - wolverine876 3y ago
    > The market is always right A nice theoretical discussion, but clearly not true in reality. And even the theorists wouldn't agree.
- defrost 3y ago
  Contrariwise: If high density living reduces society's environmental footprint, then it's using less raw resources and drawing less power per person housed. Helping people who operate high density residential charge more for it, per person, is literal price gouging and extracting unreasonable profit. There should be a good return per high density housing project from the fact that there are more people overall, but the expectation, surely, should be that total cost per person housed is less and that profit per person is accordingly also reduced.

anon373839 3y ago

> I try to do something productive for others and earn a return on that. This is how to achieve satisfaction with your work. Unless you’re sociopathic, knowing that your work takes advantage of others causes cognitive dissonance.

gonzo41 3y ago
There's plenty of FB developers floating about here. That platform has had a pretty big impact on place like Myanmar. and everyone seems to just ignore that fact.
- danuker 3y ago
  Maybe they're not ignoring it. They're just not attracting attention to the fact that they're pushing down the price of supremacy on human attention.
- enjo 3y ago
  I mean it’s had an enormously negative effect on the planet in general. Democracy in the states is on the brink mostly because of Facebook and Twitter.

toast0 3y ago

Anyone working there should keep themselves out of comment sections while they and/or their customers are embroiled in lawsuits, so I'd imagine you won't get a response from them. Devil's advocate: if you believe high density living is important/required to reduce society's environmental footprint, someone needs to build it, and someone needs to operate it. Helping people who operate high density residential charge more for it, makes it more desirable to operate, and therefore increases demand for construction of high density living spaces. Thus, helping society move towards higher density living and saving the environment.

SkyPuncher 3y ago
By direct opposition, helping operators raise rates directly prevents people from living in them. The market is always right. If people want high density, they will pay for high density.
- wolverine876 3y ago
  > The market is always right A nice theoretical discussion, but clearly not true in reality. And even the theorists wouldn't agree.
defrost 3y ago
Contrariwise: If high density living reduces society's environmental footprint, then it's using less raw resources and drawing less power per person housed. Helping people who operate high density residential charge more for it, per person, is literal price gouging and extracting unreasonable profit. There should be a good return per high density housing project from the fact that there are more people overall, but the expectation, surely, should be that total cost per person housed is less and that profit per person is accordingly also reduced.