Please don't. I would like to see you get rewarded for your hard work. Screw the parasites.
Their new UI seems to be doing its job, but I wonder if the decline in thread quality was worth it.
Please don't. I would like to see you get rewarded for your hard work. Screw the parasites.
Their new UI seems to be doing its job, but I wonder if the decline in thread quality was worth it.
You should visit /r/cscareerquestions and sort by New some time. Many of the younger posters have some wild expectations about CS careers, compensation, and the workplace.
90% of the young people I interview, hire, and work with are wonderful these days. However, a small minority arrive with unchecked entitlement and bizarre expectations, and I think sites like Reddit and Twitter are to blame.
I think there's a small subset of people who grew up watching that "Fuck you, pay me" video on YouTube, combined with a hot job market and an economy that hasn't seen a recession in their adult years. Combine that with stories of Google engineers making $200K+, and you end up with a small minority of developers with an extreme sense of entitlement.
I've seen developers try to invoice companies for time spent in on-site interviews, junior developers who couldn't pass basic FizzBuzz-level coding challenges demanding $250K compensation, and a surprising number of /r/cscareerquestions threads justifying "ghosting" your employer. Not to mention the meltdowns that happen when people get put on performance improvement programs. And of course, the never ending comments encouraging people to sue their employers for trivial things.
Reddit has some gems, but it's a breeding ground for keyboard warriors. Upvotes tend to follow what people want to hear rather than the best advice. It's easy to be an internet tough guy, but a lot of that grumpiness and entitlement breaks down when they meet the real world.