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Who flagged this? Why? This is a human story about relational context in the tech industry. The people who are saying "no content" are demonstrating a particularly skewed view of what gets to be considered content. (How do I flag a flagging?)
Who flagged this? Why? This is a human story about relational context in the tech industry. The people who are saying "no content" are demonstrating a particularly skewed view of what gets to be considered content. (How do I flag a flagging?)
If by "human story" you mean someone griping about how their job sucks (as does their industry, more broadly), then yeah, it's definitely a human-interest story. It's mostly interesting for the little tidbit at the beginning about who 's doing the griping.
Anyhow, I guess we can agree to disagree.
Talk about crocodile tears. She was a VP at Google FFS! I could probably live work-free for 10 years on just a year of her compensation. Money may not buy happiness but it buys lots of time—time for hobbies, retirement, whatever else fulfills you. The source of fulfillment does not necessarily have to come from your job! I know this isn’t popular here but “I’m making $500k a year in an air conditioned office but I’m…
In any case, you ought to be pleased that she quit and made room for someone else to work that dream job.
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Personal opinion of course, but exactly what I thought. I even tried skipping parts to see if it was going somewhere. It didn't. Tries to sound smart but it's all emptiness. No useful information. Useless anecdotes that fill space. Pretty much resumed by someone describing herself as technophile and technophobe. Tries to sound interesting and smart but totally fails at it.
Respectfully: I feel that you (and her) simply have different needs and likely different neurotypes. "useful information" is sought after by some neurotypes in their foraging. others seek narratives and relational understanding. it's all good. (i'm admittedly disappointed quite often in what feels to me a shallow read of purpose and intention on HN)
I didn't click with this essay. I found it difficult to relate to someone who had such a position of power and privilege complaining about their job in the manner of a moody teenager. Also the repeated book self-promotion got on my nerves.