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On the end screen, it shows "Shareholder value created" with some huge number. I find this unsettling because it hints that the people who built this game are more naive than I am. And this is a game about a cynical topic. It reminds me of the narrative "No matter how bad you think it is, reality is worse." The idea that the engineer is creating "shareholder value" is part of the conditioning. They're creating comple…
Really fun project, but doesn't take ageism into account, it gets easier the further you get whereas it should get be getting harder in certain ways
I'm not sure what the run it back button is doing, but it consistently manages to cause a graphical bug where all of my open firefox windows fully grey out until I refocus on them. Never seen that before.
Just use Chrome like a normal person.
Now make it 10x more difficult for those not born in the US.
On the end screen, it shows "Shareholder value created" with some huge number. I find this unsettling because it hints that the people who built this game are more naive than I am. And this is a game about a cynical topic. It reminds me of the narrative "No matter how bad you think it is, reality is worse." The idea that the engineer is creating "shareholder value" is part of the conditioning. They're creating comple…
Or maybe it is just sarcasm.
That said, I do think a lot of cynical engineers have a "Rat race" worldview and not the "Hamster wheel" one.
From my perspective, it's like if someone made a joke about genocide. My sarcasm detector switches off. This topic and this game is traumatic to me.
Also, the amount of money which is needed to retire in the game is huge! $1.7 million! I'm not even expecting to reach that at retirement. The fact that someone believes they can get this in a few years of grinding reveals a very cushy worldview...
What I would do for that kind of money...
I've been grinding like insane, nights and weekends for almost 15 years and my net worth is like $200k, 30% of it illiquid in a retirement fund. I never got a bonus, in spite of being called "the best engineer at the company" to my face by the company founder. After asking for a raise, they offered a 2% salary increase... This was a cryptocurrency company with a lot of money to spare.
High starting money, but low tolerance for burnout. Poverty, but extremely high tolerance for burnout. Can't find a job debuff. Low skill, grifter, false promises, lie to win. (Rolling chance to end up in prison). High skill start, low tolerance for burnout. ADHD debuff. Picking the opposite option of what you want debuff.
Also advance game by 1 month instead of 3 months.
Man, I hate that tech has just become money. Content like this perpetuates it.
It's youthful exuberance that can pretend it was ever anything else.