The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2021)

Re:The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2021) by ftlio on Friday May 06, 2022 @09:30PM (#31291380)

I worked in construction/manufacturing as labor, then in a CNC engineering capacity, then as middle management, then at a vendor for manufacturing as a software engineer.

All were progressively less work, but my god consumer tech isn’t even close. The people working the hardest seem to be the most keen on useless bureaucracy and bridges to nowhere somehow.

I’ll never go near it again. I also don’t think I’ll ever not be adjacent to manufacturing & construction again. “Tech” people are insane.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2021) by jolux on Friday May 06, 2022 @09:47PM (#31291453)

Everywhere is a bit different and companies whose primary product is itself software tend to be a bit more different as well.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2021) by JohnBooty on Friday May 06, 2022 @10:56PM (#31291773)

I'm interested to know why somebody who's sworn off the tech world is reading HN.

I don't blame you at all, by the way. Tech is insane! Just curious why you're haunting HN, though!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2021) by ftlio on Saturday May 07, 2022 @01:22AM (#31292344)

HN is still high quality content. Tech as a culture is defunct, but building stuff, and a network of builders, will never go away.

[ Parent | on HN ]