Ask HN: Would You Work for Elon?

Post by sqlcommando » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

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> It's crazy to me that our profession fights unionization despite repeated, predictable and consistent anti-worker, antisocial, narcissistic, ego driven companies that grind us up and spit us out Unionization is no different from giving someone else control over your paycheck. Just as there are narcissistic bosses there are mafia-like unions and, in both cases, you're not going to know until it's too late. The benef…

This is precisely the attitude that keeps us here. Crabs in a bucket. >Vested RSUs turn people into millionaires overnight. So do lottery tickets - your odds are about the same too >The benefit of the tech industry is that there's always a market for it and there are low barriers to entry. Programmers can vote with their feet. This isn't the 1950s. There are millions of choices for tech workers today that aren't stre…

Post by aaomidi » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

fdasfdafdasfdsa wrote: post #201

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This is precisely the attitude that keeps us here. Crabs in a bucket. >Vested RSUs turn people into millionaires overnight. So do lottery tickets - your odds are about the same too >The benefit of the tech industry is that there's always a market for it and there are low barriers to entry. Programmers can vote with their feet. This isn't the 1950s. There are millions of choices for tech workers today that aren't stre…

My poor immigrant Indian grandparents became millionaires as did many of their siblings and friends. They certainly wouldn't have done so with socialism.

Post by inawarminister » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 4:28 PM UTC

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Geohot innovated removing iPhone sim lock (remember AT&T exclusivity>) at age 17, jailbroken PS3, and built an Autopilot-quality hardware by himself. He's now livecoding a ML library on Twitch. Lex Friedman is Lex Friedman. So no, those guys are smart dudes.

> So no, those guys are smart dudes. Von Braun was a very smart dude but he was making the Nazi salute and fawning over Hitler all the times. When he moved to the US he was fawning over Eisenhower all the times. Similarly this Friedman guy has 4 years worth of videos in which he fawns over Putin. Technical abilities and critical thinking in the social realm are 2 very different sets of competences. It's very rare to…

Post by wordyskeleton » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 4:32 PM UTC

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How can you characterize Twitter's current modus operandi under Musk as anything but "let's just ship it, we'll fix it later"? They're on iteration 5 or 6 of the checkmarks within the last week.

I have no reliable information about the current modus operandi under Musk, nor about modus operandi of any of his companies. I just have a vague feeling derived from the random information about his companies and employees I've read over the years. It's very possible that it's just smoke and mirrors, but if I were given an offer, I'd at least try it for a while. If it's true, I gain a lot - if it's false, I gain a u…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 4:37 PM UTC

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> Elon's not someone who'll fire a person who is good at what they do. Insulting 3500 people at once, nice.

Insulting? It's true. It's not an insult. You're using mental gymnastics right now to make your point. 3500 people employed in a company that has no oversight of what they do, which is capable of getting huge investment and which wastes that money without any care in the world. It sounds like an awesome place for people who aren't really good at what they do. Recent letting go spree is a result of unproductive employ…