Re:The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago
by eddieroger on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:52AM
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I used to think that, too, but be warned: SaaS companies quickly become beholden to the sales org, and all of a sudden, working for a "tech" company becomes working for all the industries you serve. Very few tech companies are pure tech anymore. Basically only the private ones like Valve.
Re:The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago
by ethbr0 on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:05PM
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The meeting:work ratio is a decent proxy.
If it's too high, you're not in a technology company in the sense we're idolizing here.
... And I'm also not sure "that" sort of tech company can exist above a certain size. No corporate silo firewall is strong enough to keep the business bullshit at bay.
Re:The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago
by paulryanrogers on Friday September 16, 2022 @06:15PM
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Considering Valve's game output I'd say they too have become drunk on easy money being a storefront. (Which isn't all bad, though I'd rather have HL3.)
I've worked for a big pension fund and it was exactly like one imagines. Many meetings, a quiet office, slow and boring. I've also worked for small tech-focussed companies with technical nerds as founders; they were rather different, with music, dogs, vodka and late nights.
Oh and age matters too: after I had a kid, the late nights and vodka were not something I had the energy for.