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Most Tech Jobs Are Jokes and I Am Not Laughing

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Re: Most Tech Jobs Are Jokes and I Am Not Laughing

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Post by solraph »

DanielHB wrote: post #12

I don't know much about the market in Australia, but I imagine that this person is running into something I ran into myself. That tech jobs agglomerate in a few specific locations and the farther away you are from them the more clueless people are about tech (ie more clueless business people in charge and more faceless megacorps with drone-like employees). Usually any given country will have one big spot for tech and…

> Usually any given country will have one big spot for tech... ...My guess is that Melbourne is not a very good spot.

It's not an unreasonable assumption, but in this case it's incorrect. Sydney has more tech work, but only in proportion to its larger size.

That said, Melbourne tech work is very heavily (but not exclusively) orientated around finance, insurance, real estate and so on which is not everyone's cup of tea.

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Post by defrost »

solraph wrote: post #21
DanielHB wrote: post #12

I don't know much about the market in Australia, but I imagine that this person is running into something I ran into myself. That tech jobs agglomerate in a few specific locations and the farther away you are from them the more clueless people are about tech (ie more clueless business people in charge and more faceless megacorps with drone-like employees). Usually any given country will have one big spot for tech and…

> Usually any given country will have one big spot for tech... ...My guess is that Melbourne is not a very good spot. It's not an unreasonable assumption, but in this case it's incorrect. Sydney has more tech work, but only in proportion to its larger size. That said, Melbourne tech work is very heavily (but not exclusively) orientated around finance, insurance, real estate and so on which is not everyone's cup of te…

Indeed.

I've clocked ~40 years in Australian tech and managed to avoid all of those domains, web development, cubicle farms, and nearly (but not quite) office politics.

Could be why I still have all my hair and good health.

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Post by n4r9 »

ang_cire wrote: post #8

> The tea causes me to radiate an aura that makes the thought leaders I know slightly uneasy around me. I don't know them, but I love this person. Very Douglas Adams-esque writing style, too.

I'd be curious to know what tea they think is better, and what kind of tea they're drinking. When it comes to English breakfast tea, it's normally a blend of black tea leaf fannings from India, Sri Lanka, and Africa. Imo there's not that much objective difference in quality between brands like Yorkshire Tea, PG Tips, Twinings, Red/Gold Label, Tetleys etc... . A lot of it comes down to subjective taste.

For example, there's a strain of British person whose pride and self-identity is somehow tied up in enjoying very long brews with just a dash of milk. These people are likely to prefer teas with very strong flavours in the blend, such as Assam. Then there are people who enjoy subtle flavours. They might prefer Twinings Everyday which includes leaves from Yunnan.

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Post by coldtea »

subjectsigma wrote: post #24
holliplex wrote: post #7

I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.

Yep, declaring that everyone around you is an idiot is pretty much never a good strategy…

Isn't honesty the best policy?

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Post by mc32 »

holliplex wrote: post #7

I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.

Letting off steam is good; doing it publicly is not good, unless it’s your job (writer, comedian, etc.)

It’s offputting that someone can’t control well what they say in public. It’s okay to talk shit in private, it’s natural —but making it public in such a voice is offputting.

There are many hilarious stories from the tech support trenches that are well written, captivating, without descending into the badmouthing trap.

One that I recall is a kid who worked like a house call Genius Bar in the Chicago loop neighborhood or thereabouts, it was funny, witty storytelling about the mias entires he suffered, but never shat on people.

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