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The world seems more like a dystopia every day. It's another arms race, with AI being used by candidates and being used by corporations. Seems like the only way

The world seems more like a dystopia every day. It's another arms race, with AI being used by candidates and being used by corporations. Seems like the only way to win is not to play. Personally, I would recommend to every young person (especially if they are smart) to find new ways to "hack the system" rather than "hack AI". Namely, find ways to work independently away from large corporations. Do something independent, and work at a large corporation only if necessary and only for a short amount of time to put away some money. Get out while you can.

rvnx 2y ago
If you do like the others, you will end up like the others.
- vouaobrasil 2y ago
  The world is full of possibilities. The negation of a fixed path is not a fixed path: in other words, there are "creative" solutions to life that just require some thought. Everyone trying something a little different tailored to their own personality will not be doing like others.
- spicyusername 2y ago
  With easy, climate controlled, high paying jobs?
  - tremon 2y ago
    No, the other others.
js8 2y ago
> Seems like the only way to win is not to play. No, the only way to win is to organize. The "not to play" is intended for a special case of a war - obviously, you cannot organize with dead people.
rchaud 2y ago
> Do something independent, and work at a large corporation only if necessary What you're suggesting is for young people to take the burden of completely re-orienting the economy upon themselves. The entire political and economic structure we have today is built around catering to the needs of the large corporations.
- hengheng 2y ago
  Invest your independent salary into an MSCI World ETF, then wonder why odds are stacked against you /s
- vouaobrasil 2y ago
  Nope, I am suggesting to simply get out if you find the possibility. Get enough money, live somewhere cheap, and screw economic development.
anal_reactor 2y ago
> Personally, I would recommend to every young person (especially if they are smart) to find new ways to "hack the system" 9:30 wake up and check Slack. Most likely nothing on fire. If there's a message from someone important, reply immediately 11:00 at the office 12:00 lunch 13:00 finish lunch 14:30 coffee break with a coworker 15:00 going home 16:00 - 16:30 clean the bathroom while listening to the daily meeting 16:30 afternoon nap Not planning to change my job. I focus on being perceived as a nice and cooperative person by managers, which is surprisingly easy considering how bad most people are. I used to be bad too, but I'm learning. I use my free time to watch porn because that's what I want to do in life. I'm also following the FIRE movement, my goal is to fail upwards in the corporate world until I have enough savings to retire to Bulgaria and watch porn all day long every day.
- mlrtime 2y ago
  You had me until porn. You do what you want, but that shit will rot your brain over time.
  - askonomm 2y ago
    His username seems fitting.
  - anal_reactor 2y ago
    Stay in drugs, don't do school.
  - komali2 2y ago
    [dead]
- zolbrek 2y ago
  Got any good porn recommendations? I don't watch porn very often but when I do I hate having to spend time finding something decent.
  - cuttysnark 2y ago
    I accidentally corrected someones use of a word on here and got downvoted so hard I was scared to comment for months. I guess what I'm saying is I'm surprised this very honest comment from hours ago never went grey. to be clear: I am just surprised.
red-iron-pine 2y ago
> Seems like the only way to win is not to play. I get the feeling that's going to get more common. Bots on bots, so the human just gives up and hangs out in-person. Like, start going to meetup groups and job fairs. s already seeing that with dating apps (as discussed heavily on HN). "dead internet theory" in action
larater 2y ago
All it means in the corporate world is who you know matters far more than what you know. AI doesn't make this less so it makes it far more so. Even if this "works", you still most likely will lose out to the friend of a friend of the hiring manager with a personal reference. So you need to do this and randomly hope that no one has a personal reference or you are so amazing you can overcome the personal reference. Highly unlikely.

rvnx 2y ago

If you do like the others, you will end up like the others.

vouaobrasil 2y ago
The world is full of possibilities. The negation of a fixed path is not a fixed path: in other words, there are "creative" solutions to life that just require some thought. Everyone trying something a little different tailored to their own personality will not be doing like others.
spicyusername 2y ago
With easy, climate controlled, high paying jobs?
- tremon 2y ago
  No, the other others.

js8 2y ago

> Seems like the only way to win is not to play. No, the only way to win is to organize. The "not to play" is intended for a special case of a war - obviously, you cannot organize with dead people.

rchaud 2y ago

> Do something independent, and work at a large corporation only if necessary What you're suggesting is for young people to take the burden of completely re-orienting the economy upon themselves. The entire political and economic structure we have today is built around catering to the needs of the large corporations.

hengheng 2y ago
Invest your independent salary into an MSCI World ETF, then wonder why odds are stacked against you /s
vouaobrasil 2y ago
Nope, I am suggesting to simply get out if you find the possibility. Get enough money, live somewhere cheap, and screw economic development.

anal_reactor 2y ago

> Personally, I would recommend to every young person (especially if they are smart) to find new ways to "hack the system" 9:30 wake up and check Slack. Most likely nothing on fire. If there's a message from someone important, reply immediately 11:00 at the office 12:00 lunch 13:00 finish lunch 14:30 coffee break with a coworker 15:00 going home 16:00 - 16:30 clean the bathroom while listening to the daily meeting 16:30 afternoon nap Not planning to change my job. I focus on being perceived as a nice and cooperative person by managers, which is surprisingly easy considering how bad most people are. I used to be bad too, but I'm learning. I use my free time to watch porn because that's what I want to do in life. I'm also following the FIRE movement, my goal is to fail upwards in the corporate world until I have enough savings to retire to Bulgaria and watch porn all day long every day.

mlrtime 2y ago
You had me until porn. You do what you want, but that shit will rot your brain over time.
- askonomm 2y ago
  His username seems fitting.
- anal_reactor 2y ago
  Stay in drugs, don't do school.
- komali2 2y ago
  [dead]
zolbrek 2y ago
Got any good porn recommendations? I don't watch porn very often but when I do I hate having to spend time finding something decent.
- cuttysnark 2y ago
  I accidentally corrected someones use of a word on here and got downvoted so hard I was scared to comment for months. I guess what I'm saying is I'm surprised this very honest comment from hours ago never went grey. to be clear: I am just surprised.

red-iron-pine 2y ago

> Seems like the only way to win is not to play. I get the feeling that's going to get more common. Bots on bots, so the human just gives up and hangs out in-person. Like, start going to meetup groups and job fairs. s already seeing that with dating apps (as discussed heavily on HN). "dead internet theory" in action

larater 2y ago

All it means in the corporate world is who you know matters far more than what you know. AI doesn't make this less so it makes it far more so. Even if this "works", you still most likely will lose out to the friend of a friend of the hiring manager with a personal reference. So you need to do this and randomly hope that no one has a personal reference or you are so amazing you can overcome the personal reference. Highly unlikely.