Re:I quit the tech industry
by martin-adams on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @10:27AM
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>> Generally speaking, if you have to pay people to do it, there is something nasty about the work
I think this misses the point that a) you need people to do the fun awesome stuff at scale (you can't do everything), and b) you may not have the skills to do the fun awesome stuff yourself.
Practically speaking, I think you're right, but you don't have to accept that as the status quo.
>> If it were actually fun, people would be doing it for free
The trick is combining fun with career. Doing fun things for free is not scalable as we do kinda need money to survive.
I think this misses the point that a) you need people to do the fun awesome stuff at scale (you can't do everything), and b) you may not have the skills to do the fun awesome stuff yourself.
Practically speaking, I think you're right, but you don't have to accept that as the status quo.
>> If it were actually fun, people would be doing it for free
The trick is combining fun with career. Doing fun things for free is not scalable as we do kinda need money to survive.