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The smartest people I know left tech. No, this isn't sarcasm or a joke. I do wonder if there's some sort of inverse correlation between intelligence and abilit
by anticorporate 3y ago
The smartest people I know left tech.
No, this isn't sarcasm or a joke. I do wonder if there's some sort of inverse correlation between intelligence and ability to thrive under corporate bureaucracy.
- jimbo_jones 3y ago[dead]
- toomuchtodo 3y agoIt's less about intelligence I think and more about curiosity, autonomy, and mastery not being able to survive in said corporate bureaucracy. You either get wealthy or make do within your means and leave for industries, orgs, and teams that crush your soul less (or, hopefully yet rarely, bring you joy and meaningful work). Some crabs find their way out of the pot, some don’t.
- 000ooo000 3y agoTech's relentless pursuit of optimisation can certainly have that soul crushing effect. It's not easy to find a gig where your lane is not simply ticket in, pull request out. I loved programming but my last few jobs definitely have me thinking about life after IT.
- incahoots 3y agoMonetizing everything in the tech sector makes doing anything in the sphere a chore, and furthers the decline of innovation at the largest levels due to the incisiveness need to appease shareholders, or corporate suit jockeys. Someone else touched it on it briefly, the smartest people in tech are usually in OpenSource. DEFCON comes to mind when I'm asked "whos the smartest people I know"
- VoodooJuJu 3y agoDid they leave only tech or the corporate world in general?