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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by sorry_outta_gas on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:02PM (#29815663)
the best part is that when you're done with the on-site you get a survey with a question like "do you think google's making the world a better place?" hah

personally I think they do make some pretty cool things here and there but they do have very pretentious vibe all throughout

the phase of technology that they own/owned is nearing end soon anyway

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by chiph on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @06:49PM (#29816984)
> do you think google's making the world a better place?

Silicon Valley, season 1 episode 1: "But most importantly we're making the world a better place. Through constructing elegant hierarchies for maximum code reuse and extensibility."

Mike Judge is a genius.

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by jasonladuke0311 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @07:22PM (#29817324)
> Mike Judge is a genius.

He really is. Any one of his properties would prove that by itself. Having such keen insights into disparate facets of humanity tells me that he just gets humans on a level not many other people do. Hopefully that doesn’t sound too flowery and pretentious.

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by celim307 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:52PM (#29818614)
I think he nails satire and weirdness of humans well, similar to apatow, but I think he falls flat on the more emotional or positive aspects of humanity.

Not to say he’s not a master of his craft, and king of the hill especially had tender moments, but maybe that’s just not what he’s interested in

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by jasonladuke0311 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:20PM (#29828530)
> I think he nails satire and weirdness of humans well, similar to apatow, but I think he falls flat on the more emotional or positive aspects of humanity.

That's a fair criticism. Much of his work comes off as deeply cynical.

Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by dustymcp on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:45AM (#29821408)
He makes comedy, not drama?
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by astronautjones on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:07PM (#29817712)
When I last saw geto boys live, willie d introduced the set by saying "we know why y'all are here, that's why this is the office space tour. and you know mike judge is the greatest satirist of this generation, watch silicon valley sundays on hbo" and then they went into "still" and bushwick bill beat up a printer on stage with a baseball bat. it was transcendent.