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I used to be proud to say I worked in tech. Now I look around me and I'm surrounded by scam artists and grifters. Where did it all go wrong?
by maplethorpe 5mo ago
I used to be proud to say I worked in tech. Now I look around me and I'm surrounded by scam artists and grifters. Where did it all go wrong?
- happytoexplain 5mo agoSame. I was convinced software was beautiful by previous generations - and as far as I can tell, it was.
- operatingthetan 5mo agoIt's always been this way, the branding changed.
- an0malous 5mo agoWhen people started making serious money it attracted all the bros and psychopaths from the finance industry
- marcus_holmes 5mo agoSame happened in the dot-com boom. There was a bunch of folks who were in it because they were genuinely interested in building cool stuff. And then the money got interested, and suddenly there was a wave of scam artists and grifters. That receded (but never entirely went away) when the money bubble burst.
- jesterson 5mo agoIt's been on the downhill for a while even before the AI wasn't it?
- maplethorpe 5mo agoFun fact: this was upvoted to +4 when I first posted it, and then downvoted to 0 over the next few days. What a split there is among us!