What more could someone possibly do to wave off the label of "tech bubble non-awareness disease," in your opinion?
Yes, I read the article.
There are plenty of people in tech who didn't have the traditional four years of uni -> FAANG route. They just don't blog about it.
I work in tech but previously did overnight stock at Walmart so I guess that's two people.
What's the point of using this kind of hyperbole in your comment unless you wanted to make others hate people in tech?
Going from rich to working in a warehouse until you feel like leaving is not the same experience as working a warehouse because you feel like eating.
Re-contextualizing into a class struggle style comment, just because he shared his experience, is not very interesting.
All blogging is narcissism if you redefine narcissism to be the most bland shade of the word's meaning.
It reads like a slap in the face
I will admit that I am not sure how I feel about the article. I might be still processing it.
It rings true to some of my friend and is potentially very useful to people in the same situation. Brain chemistry doesn't care about rich or poor, and unprivileged here in the US could be extremely privileged in other parts of the world. Engaging in a race to the bottom is of no use to anyone and solves nothing.
> For me, a lot of my meaning comes from two things. One is doing something in the world that feels like it's actually making things a little better somehow. And so contributing to society in some meaningful way.
The parent is commenting on how Philip's previous (and new!) work positions apparently fulfilled those criteria in no small way, in Philip's view. They are noting that it is striking that this is the case, as from the perspective of an outsider looking in, it does not appear that a director at facebook, nor an amazon warehouse worker, fulfills the stated criteria.
> Launched a global health software nonprofit, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focused on using smartphones to improve rapid testing in low-income countries.
Granted that is 3 years out of a 20-odd year career, but it's the stint immediately preceding the events of the blog post.
Retail workers and social workers dealt with the worst of it, teachers deal with this behind the scenes, and nurses and doctors became (more) exposed to this over the pandemic. People don’t put up with emotional, verbal and sometimes physical abuse, and they shouldn’t.
I think viewing every warehouse worker as a member of a lower labor caste who is merely being exploited is not a warranted view. The fact that people can easily find meaning in this labor is further indication it is incorrect.
You're also presuming a rather tyrannical existence for these people.. wherein their path through life must be dictated to them by their "best options." People make suboptimal choices for all kinds of reasons, and they don't view their circumstances as being "exploited." Probably because the companies they work for didn't _create_ the suboptimal choices for them in the first place, their employer is a matter of circumstance, not conspiracy.
> Why would a financially independent person choose to help enrich a large corporation over, say, voluntary work to help underprivileged people, animals or whatever else you can think of?
Again.. people make suboptimal choices intentionally. The explanation here is "this is a very low risk option that can be exited immediately if such a whim arises." And in all likelihood, exiting in this way wouldn't prevent you from being hired back later if your fortunes or whims reverse.
Forgive me, but you seem to be a little too comfortable looking down your nose at these people.
But it's not just a tech bubble thing; it's more of a 6-figure yuppie thing. I knew a doctor making $500k/year in L.A. who insisted on taking vacations in disaster zones, etc., as a tourist (not with Doctors w/o Borders) so he could "experience human suffering" and "become empathetic" to his fellow men through their "shared suffering" of being in the same approximate location as people who were starving or seriously wounded.
He doesn't actually do anything with this "increased empathy." He just feels like it makes his EQ super high or something silly like that.
Are you sure that is the motive?