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Re:The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago by eddieroger on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:52AM (#32867849)
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.
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Re:The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago by ethbr0 on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:05PM (#32868109)
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.

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Re:The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago by paulryanrogers on Friday September 16, 2022 @06:15PM (#32872694)
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.)
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Re:The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago by ionwake on Friday September 16, 2022 @06:53PM (#32873054)
HL3 = IRL
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