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Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by icebraining »

onion2k wrote: post #50
sincerely wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I can guess the point you're trying to make, but you did a pretty bad job making it. There's literally nothing wrong with your example.

There's literally nothing wrong with your example. You may believe there's nothing wrong with arbitrary discrimination but I don't.

Your posts discriminate against everyone who can't read English. Unreasonable discrimination is the problem.

EDIT: granted, writing posts in English isn't arbitrary, but neither is installing small booths, there are good space-utilization benefits to it; it's unreasonable, because those benefits don't trump accessibility to people in wheelchairs.

Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by sanderdlm »

huhtenberg wrote: post #17
dangwu wrote: post #16

> ...the workload we had mostly kept us working separately on our own tasks with little room for interaction. It wasn’t uncommon, for the first part of my time at Snap, to get up in the morning, drive to the office, go through the work-day in the same room as two other people but rarely speaking to each other, and then drive home... Sadly, I find this to be all too common in the industry. It’s super isolating and dep…

This actually sounds like a near-perfect setup to me. Get it, program, get out. If I want to socialize, I'll do it outside of work.

It may sound like it but I can assure you that it's not. Humans are social animals and when you have to spend 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in a setting with little to no peer interaction, it'll start to wear on you.

The first month is awesome. Complete freedom & autonomy, then the depression starts kicking in.

Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by akhilcacharya »

paxys wrote: post #47

We have all worked for a "John" in the industry. The big systematic problem is that after being fired from Snap (probably after already collecting massive paychecks and a hefty chunk of equity), he will go to another big tech company and impress them with his resume and bullshitting skills. They will hire him and deal with his antics for a few years, while he ruins more people's careers, then he will move on. Rinse a…

I’m on a 5/15/40/40 vesting schedule. I think it’s fine because it ends up being the same TC but more cash heavy. Tech stocks have been stagnant my tenure so I don’t mind that much.

Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by bestest »

leni536 wrote: post #57
paxys wrote: post #40

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Seriously, that thing would be booked 24x7 at my company. Being able to lie down while on a call would make things so much more relaxing and productive.

Too risky for falling asleep.

I believe the fact that you might fall asleep when you simply lie on a bed at work indicates that there are some timing issues in your daily lifecycle.

Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by eeZah7Ux »

oarsinsync wrote: post #37
kgwgk wrote: post #15

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The philosopher Diogenes was sitting on a curbstone, eating bread and lentils for his supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king, you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils, and you will not have to cultivate the king."

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is largely based around this topic as well. Giving up who you really are can be a very high price to pay just to be able to receive some (more) money.

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Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by rwallace »

solidasparagus wrote: post #62
rwallace wrote: post #56

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He did play ball. He played ball for month after month, even as the cost of playing ball kept ramping up and up and up. Eventually it became higher than he could stand, and he started showing symptoms of mental health problems. At that point, he wisely left rather than end up with full-blown depression. When you are dealing with people such that what they want is not for you to get a job done, but to humiliate you fo…

I can't really judge from the outside, but it sounds like maybe he played the wrong ball-game a little bit. He overdelivered technically and underdelivered politically. This is still absolutely a problem caused by John and not the author, but it sounds like there might have been an easier path if he'd spent a little more time working John's ego and a little less time delivering technically.

Good point. If you are going to try to stick it out in that environment, focus less on the tech and more on the politics. If your geek instincts rebel at the P-word, think of it as Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by emptyfile »

sanderdlm wrote: post #72
huhtenberg wrote: post #17

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This actually sounds like a near-perfect setup to me. Get it, program, get out. If I want to socialize, I'll do it outside of work.

It may sound like it but I can assure you that it's not. Humans are social animals and when you have to spend 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in a setting with little to no peer interaction, it'll start to wear on you. The first month is awesome. Complete freedom & autonomy, then the depression starts kicking in.

What the heck are you talking about, that sounds perfect. Work colleges suck.

Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by Kiro »

sanderdlm wrote: post #72
huhtenberg wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This actually sounds like a near-perfect setup to me. Get it, program, get out. If I want to socialize, I'll do it outside of work.

It may sound like it but I can assure you that it's not. Humans are social animals and when you have to spend 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in a setting with little to no peer interaction, it'll start to wear on you. The first month is awesome. Complete freedom & autonomy, then the depression starts kicking in.

I've been in the situation without any colleagues to speak with for years and still love it. We are all different.

Re: My Time at Snap

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Post by Kiro »

dangwu wrote: post #16

> ...the workload we had mostly kept us working separately on our own tasks with little room for interaction. It wasn’t uncommon, for the first part of my time at Snap, to get up in the morning, drive to the office, go through the work-day in the same room as two other people but rarely speaking to each other, and then drive home... Sadly, I find this to be all too common in the industry. It’s super isolating and dep…

> Forming those bonds is what makes people happy to go to work everyday and work hard.

Definitely not. I want 0 colleagues.

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