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Changing jobs during the Great Resignation

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Post by adamsmith143 »

kleinsch wrote: post #169
adamsmith143 wrote: post #102

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Are you people out there really setting up a daily calendar to deal with childcare? 4:30 - 5:00 Change Diaper 5:00 - 6:00 Bounce on knee 7:00 - 8:00 Contemplate on the poor life decisions that lead to this scenario

Man the 22 year olds in this thread are hilarious. Yes. With a one year old, esp during COVID, childcare time is time you can’t leave the house, can’t relax, can’t do anything productive. So yes, you make a schedule - you pick them up from daycare, watch them for an hour while I study, then I’ll come make dinner and do bedtime.

This is blatantly ageist and misses the point completely. The point I was making is that it is absurd to need to ask your partner to schedule you 30 minutes of "me time." If I asked that of my partner I'm confident she would think I lost my mind. Why would one need permission for 30 minutes of time at all. Truly bizarre.

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Post by drc500free »

hhmc wrote: post #326
drc500free wrote: post #241

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Reading that series of posts has literally made me more than a $100k. I should probably buy Venkatesh a coffee or something.

$100K by being a more savvy operator within office politics?

Yes. Specifically, by understanding that the ladder is a trap and looking for the backdoor.

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Post by drc500free »

ianandrich wrote: post #301
drc500free wrote: post #241

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Reading that series of posts has literally made me more than a $100k. I should probably buy Venkatesh a coffee or something.

What posts? Are these them? https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

That's them! Specifically part I (the three layers of hierarchy) and part V (how the top layer manipulates the middle layer, leaving them with all the blame and none of the credit).

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Post by spacemanmatt »

germinalphrase wrote: post #354
jokethrowaway wrote: post #328

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Of course they are. Let's ignore there is not much value coming out of education and that people mostly succeed despite having to go through the grind of an antiquated education methodology (which is the only way to certain professions). Let's ignore that better teachers can actually go to private education and get a higher salary. Software developers can create software solutions that automatically do the work of to…

“Let's ignore that better teachers can actually go to private education and get a higher salary.” As a teacher, this is absolutely not true in the way you’re describing it.

They haven't heard of Texas, for starters.

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Post by lcrmorin »

itsmemattchung wrote: post #48
AsusToss wrote: post #19

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It’s wild to me that the only reason his wife gave him 30 mins/day of personal time was because of the financial payoff. Bizarre dude and story.

> Bizarre dude and story. My thoughts exactly. Just seems...very odd.

The whole thing read like a humble brag... "As a powerlifter, I workout 4-6 days per week", " I would have the third-highest new offer on Levels out of over 200 offers on their site" .. .etc.

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Post by munificent »

Apocryphon wrote: post #436
munificent wrote: post #431

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I definitely get being cynical about software, and a lot of it is either disposable trash or actively harmful. But I think we working in tech massively overlook the many many positive benefits of software and how much it improves the lives of people on a daily basis. I've learned how to fix my own appliances from online videos, stayed connected with friends through email, found stuff to do and avoided getting lost in…

Orthogonal to your point perhaps, but the problem with tech is that monopolistic megacorps are the ones who are both delivering that helpful content to you, and the surveillance technologies, dark-pattern Skinner box digital addiction devices/platforms, and whatever other negative things associated with tech. Maybe we need antitrust action just so we can better separate the “good” software companies from the “bad” on…

I agree completely.

But I think that the problem is mostly orthogonal to technology. Monopolistic megacorporations in any area are rife with problems. Look at Walmart, Nestlé, Shell, Comcast, etc.

Tech companies are particularly prone to this because information naturally lends itself to economies of scale, and economies of scale are fundamentally anti-competitive.

But it's the consolidation that's the problem, not the tech itself.

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