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What do you not like about tech? I work in gov space sector and while it’s crazy bureaucratic and risk adverse, it’s a fulfilling mission and most people I work with are just excited to be working “in space” like their 12-year old self dreamed of.
Science could really use your expertise. Have you considered a job in a research group or facility? See what jobs your university has.
You don't like how business is done in your sector? Start a private company and change how the game is played.
I've been listening to some interviews lately with Todd McFarlane[0]. He talks a lot about why he created his various companies and why he could never take any of them public. In one example, he bought a $3m baseball as a loss leader to get into making toys for MLB. He made back his money many times over, but he never would have been allowed to if he had been accountable to shareholders.
Harakiri!! :))
Otherwise getting serious the best approach would be to take a few alternative jobs part time, just to get a taste of the other side. Stacking shelves at Target. Truck driver, butt in the seat for 12-16 hours (illegal technically but if you don't do it you're out of the job), piss in a bottle, away from home for weeks at end. Sales, not hearing a word of kindness your entire existence only how you're missing targets and hang on a thread. Become a hermit and go live in the woods for a while.
You might be dreaming of grass being greener on the other side but my point is that it's mostly brown. Shitty brown, that is.
First, have a million dollars...
Doesn’t just about everyone in tech? (I’m not in tech anymore since 2003 so just watch from sidelines)
Business seems like a logical place to transition to. You don't like how business is done in your sector? Start a private company and change how the game is played. I've been listening to some interviews lately with Todd McFarlane[0]. He talks a lot about why he created his various companies and why he could never take any of them public. In one example, he bought a $3m baseball as a loss leader to get into making to…
What do you not like about tech? I work in gov space sector and while it’s crazy bureaucratic and risk adverse, it’s a fulfilling mission and most people I work with are just excited to be working “in space” like their 12-year old self dreamed of.
> What do you not like about tech? I feel that it's no longer about making quality products, but more about milking money by any means, even if immoral and/or obviously (self-)destructive. It may have been like that for some time already, but I wasn't able to realize that before. It seems to me as if we've become the machine that we wanted to build. I would love doing something that's more "down to earth". Optimally,…
Check out the Handmade online community [0] and/or attend one of our conferences [1] this year.
I’m biased because I’m the organizer for the conferences, but we genuinely share your line of thinking. Wouldn’t hurt to congregate with like-minded folks :)
Business seems like a logical place to transition to. You don't like how business is done in your sector? Start a private company and change how the game is played. I've been listening to some interviews lately with Todd McFarlane[0]. He talks a lot about why he created his various companies and why he could never take any of them public. In one example, he bought a $3m baseball as a loss leader to get into making to…
Great, now all I need is someone to give me $3m to buy a 'loss leader', plus another mil or 2 for the actual business.
What do you not like about tech? I work in gov space sector and while it’s crazy bureaucratic and risk adverse, it’s a fulfilling mission and most people I work with are just excited to be working “in space” like their 12-year old self dreamed of.
Tech has run out of growth and it’ll be a race to the bottom over the next decade. AI is decremental.
That’s why the most popular services are/have been free.
The whole point of technology is to make things easier and cheaper en masse.