Re:I Guess I'm Not A 501 Developer
by eli_gottlieb on Thursday April 19, 2012 @01:29PM
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I think the concept of a 'shit job' basically is embedded in our human culture.
No, no, and no. It is embedded in recent cultures of vast inequality, slaves fed on dreams of glory. Egalitarian cultures don't have very much concept of "shit jobs", not the way we do.
Work was synonymous with slavery even until recently. People who build beautiful things like Taj Mahal, Pyramids etc were all slaves who worked at the commands of kings. And most of them did it because they had no other option or nothing else to do.
A few who realized what they are worth and escaped that became philosophers and scholars.
Getting the point? 501 vs non-501, Its almost like slaves Vs philosophers.
Organized 9-5 labor is always going to be inglorious even if you are the best algorithmist in the whole world, because deep down inside it has a strong taste of slavery to it. They are parallels to the slaves who build the Colosseum of Rome. Even if you were the slave who could build 10 walls in a day you are still 'A nobody'. No one will even remember you.
And individual contributors working on their own crazy hours are always going to be glorious people, because deep down inside they are parallels to Socrates and Plato.