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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by RoyGBivCap on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:36PM (#35730699)
>That would be it. I won capitalism.

Pet hypothesis: A lot of us say that, not being in the position to. But when you finally exit the working class and are no longer required to work, people tend to work on passion projects instead. Sitting on the beach gets boring after a while.

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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by sarchertech on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:10PM (#35732266)
A passion project I completely understand. What I don’t understand is what the vast majority of wealthy CEOs are doing: let’s get 5% more people to view our ads, let’s get people to spend 10% more on cheap disposable crap etc…
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