Re:My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech
by ozfive on Sunday February 23, 2020 @12:27AM
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You obviously don't understand your position in the economy then. As an engineer you are a comodity. As much as you would like to deny this fact you still are. Why do you think that you make a salary and the companies make hundreds of millions or billions!?!?! The tone of your comment struc me as very arrogant.
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Re:My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech
by lukevdp on Sunday February 23, 2020 @02:54AM
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Maybe it’s cultural differences but in Australia I have never heard “My engineers” and would never use it myself.
A company does not own it’s employees. It simply purchases their labour.
Re:My Startup Failed, So We Open-Sourced the Tech
by whack on Sunday February 23, 2020 @10:31AM
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That's a very odd way to view a generic term. I don't own "my friends" but I wouldn't think twice about saying "my friends went to the bar last night". Similarly for "my co-workers", "my manager" or "my uber driver". Just because someone used an uncommon expression, does not mean they have some nefarious intent behind it. Especially when the context is completely innocuous
> I was too mesmerized working heads down with my engineers knocking out features and crunching out thousands of lines of code for a few months