Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this?

Re:Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this? by minimuffins on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:04PM (#23930254)

This is nuts. This guy doesn't owe the maximally extractive amount of his labor to the FAANGCorp. If they're happy with his work output, fine. He fulfilled his end of the bargain.

Totally deranged protestant work ethic run amok to think otherwise.

It's also extremely not this guy's fault other people have to work exploitative shit jobs during a pandemic, and his working harder (for FAANG!) isn't the thing that will fix it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this? by khazhoux on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:38PM (#23930673)

> If they're happy with his work output, fine. He fulfilled his end of the bargain. Totally deranged protestant work ethic run amok to think otherwise.

By this reasoning...

Manager: Our users are asking for this feature, how long will it take us to ship it?

Developer: I can do it in six weeks.

Manager: Ok, I'll let them know.

(Six weeks later)

Manager: I just found out that this was actually super simple for you and only took a few days. What were you actually doing the last month? Our users were waiting this whole time.

Developer: You said you were OK with six weeks! Your protestant work ethic is deranged!

;-)

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Re:Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this? by minimuffins on Thursday July 23, 2020 @03:25PM (#23931260)

I guess I'm supposed to sympathize with the manager in this hypothetical (which is different from the OP's situation anyway). But I don't!

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Re:Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this? by khazhoux on Thursday July 23, 2020 @04:05PM (#23931680)

How about the people who were waiting for the work to be done? Users and customers.

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