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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by 1dom on Thursday September 18, 2025 @11:36AM (#45290973)
> The older I get, the more I judge people by what they work for in the world, and what changes they try to bring about. I am less interested in the face that they present socially.

This is a thought I'm having lot as I get older. I've taken to judging people on how much what they say they work for in the world aligns with the profile of who they choose to work for. Not so much for unskilled in minimum wage work, but massively so for anyone who works in tech.

It pains me to see so many engineers younger than me convinced that they're bringing around positive changes with their career whilst working for companies and people who are demonstrably against everything they claim they're working for.

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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday September 18, 2025 @11:47AM (#45291127)
I feel sorry for all the psychology majors, that went to school, to learn to help people, and are now designing dark patterns.

They are likely making a lot more than they would, otherwise, though.

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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by jakeydus on Thursday September 18, 2025 @12:15PM (#45291471)
It speaks to motivation generally, I think. Most people just want to be able to take care of themselves and the people closest to them; they (and this includes me most of the time) don't have the bandwidth to think beyond paying next month's rent.
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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by gopher_space on Thursday September 18, 2025 @02:49PM (#45293500)
Can't remember the source of this quote regarding software developers: "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads."

We're all in the same boat.

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