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hopefully we all remember just how deeply fucking stupid and selfish the entire upper strata of silicon valley is. elon is easy, but Sundar and Bezos were just

hopefully we all remember just how deeply fucking stupid and selfish the entire upper strata of silicon valley is. elon is easy, but Sundar and Bezos were just as weak and pathetic when it came to it.

intermerda 1y ago
Early in my career I had this naive starry eyed vision of tech industry being “one of the good people.” Google’s “don’t be evil” motto, companies building stuff to actually help people, solving interesting problems, good work/life balance, etc. Then I grew up. But after post covid boom layoffs and the last election, I realized it’s no different than any other industry including tobacco and oil who actively harm the public for short term gains. I hate that upper strata with a passion.
- fredski42 1y ago
  This is what happens when you build a capitalist system based on quarterly results
- fullshark 1y ago
  The fervor and excitement over developing AI to replace their employees, who they view with outright contempt, has been particularly eye opening as well.
- reaperducer 1y ago
  Then I grew up. I don't think it's you, or me, or us. Tech changed, not us. The tech industry ethos of the 1960's and 1970's was exterminated by the same get-rich-quick crowd that ruined real estate, broadcasting, and a dozen other industries.
xnx 1y ago
Sundar really shouldn't be grouped in there. He's just an employee, not an owner.
- bananapub 1y ago
  he's in charge of the company until and unless they sack him, and he chose to give money to Trump and to stand around like a supplicant, same as the rest.
  - Jensson 1y ago
    > he's in charge of the company until and unless they sack him No, not exactly, he is given orders how to run it. A CEO cannot go against the owners, he is just there as an administrator/bureaucrat. A CEO that doesn't follow the owners orders will stop being a CEO very quickly, just like any other worker that doesn't follow orders.

intermerda 1y ago

Early in my career I had this naive starry eyed vision of tech industry being “one of the good people.” Google’s “don’t be evil” motto, companies building stuff to actually help people, solving interesting problems, good work/life balance, etc. Then I grew up. But after post covid boom layoffs and the last election, I realized it’s no different than any other industry including tobacco and oil who actively harm the public for short term gains. I hate that upper strata with a passion.

fredski42 1y ago
This is what happens when you build a capitalist system based on quarterly results
fullshark 1y ago
The fervor and excitement over developing AI to replace their employees, who they view with outright contempt, has been particularly eye opening as well.
reaperducer 1y ago
Then I grew up. I don't think it's you, or me, or us. Tech changed, not us. The tech industry ethos of the 1960's and 1970's was exterminated by the same get-rich-quick crowd that ruined real estate, broadcasting, and a dozen other industries.

xnx 1y ago

Sundar really shouldn't be grouped in there. He's just an employee, not an owner.

bananapub 1y ago
he's in charge of the company until and unless they sack him, and he chose to give money to Trump and to stand around like a supplicant, same as the rest.
- Jensson 1y ago
  > he's in charge of the company until and unless they sack him No, not exactly, he is given orders how to run it. A CEO cannot go against the owners, he is just there as an administrator/bureaucrat. A CEO that doesn't follow the owners orders will stop being a CEO very quickly, just like any other worker that doesn't follow orders.