Re:Beyond the PayPal Mafia: A Case Study on the Uber Alumni ...
by KyeRussell on Saturday April 08, 2023 @06:43AM
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Oh please.
In that case, it sounds like you were a bunch of naive idealistic tech kids that bought the lie.
SV is very justifiably seen as a group of naive overconfident kids taking on the world and making a mess of it all, just as much as it is very justifiably seen as a group of ancap money men using computers to concentrate wealth and power.
If you want to “believe in a mission”, there are plenty of ethical jobs out there. It’s just a shame that so many smart people on this website are hooked on the high-TC go-go startup lifestyle.
In that case, it sounds like you were a bunch of naive idealistic tech kids that bought the lie.
SV is very justifiably seen as a group of naive overconfident kids taking on the world and making a mess of it all, just as much as it is very justifiably seen as a group of ancap money men using computers to concentrate wealth and power.
If you want to “believe in a mission”, there are plenty of ethical jobs out there. It’s just a shame that so many smart people on this website are hooked on the high-TC go-go startup lifestyle.