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Seems like the anger you're directing at tech people would be better directed at VCs, who are actually doing the exploiting and getting huge returns while doing
by ryguytilidie 13y ago
Seems like the anger you're directing at tech people would be better directed at VCs, who are actually doing the exploiting and getting huge returns while doing little to know work. The idea that people working 50-60 hours a week owe their community because they're well paid is completely ridiculous. Why not expect the same of other professions? Bankers are well paid and literally went out of their way to ruin the American economy yet our anger is with techies?
- thwest 13y agoThe bad behavior of techies isn't erased by the bad behavior of VCs. The bad behavior of VCs isn't erased by the bad behavior of Wall Street. The bad behavior of Wall Street isn't erased by genocidal and warmongering dictators. Let's not be so quick to shirk responsibility up the foodchain, when there are local immediate actions we can take to reduce our own bad behaviors. (Of course yes, we should nationalize the abusive rentier FIRE industries, and use the incomes to fight inequality, but that's a relatively different topic). The idea that people can work 50-60 hours a week to the benefit of some non-corporeal entity then sit on their ass the rest of the time is also a bit ridiculous. We should be active citizens in some manner, not labor commodities looping while(1) between office and apartment.
- ryguytilidie 13y agoI agree, but my point is simply that these added expectations for engineers and not others makes no sense at all.