Pixels Don’t Care (2013)
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Pixels Don’t Care (2013)
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#2Yes, yes, you're so genius that nobody could respect your genius at a young age.
Crocodile tears from child prodigies don't hold much weight for me, I have to say, regardless of how much "pain" you went through.
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#3Good for him. I had a similar experience. Had to slog it out at low wages long enough to have a real work history with recognizable clients.
He seems a little more bitter about it than I was. Trust is part of the game, and people just naturally, and subconsciously look for signals that you're the real deal.
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#4Previously known as "on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet%2C_nobody_know...
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#5This sounds similar to a post of a blind programmer.
Those are good arguments for privacy.
Sometimes you got something to hide. Not a crime but because you don't want to be discriminated.
Sad that it has to be this way.
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#6Great story. I came upon my current job in a similar fashion, and I love it.
Can a mod change the title to read (2013) since this article is fairly old, though?
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#7That's great Kyle.
I once worked for a German laser company where promotions to the highest positions were based mainly on physical height.
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#8Good for him. I had a similar experience. Had to slog it out at low wages long enough to have a real work history with recognizable clients. He seems a little more bitter about it than I was. Trust is part of the game, and people just naturally, and subconsciously look for signals that you're the real deal.
I think he would benefit from putting a little more thought in to why people might judge someone very young as being responsible enough/capable enough/etc. It is not just, or even mostly, prejudice.
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#9And this is why I think fulltime employment is the wrong way to go for many people today.
In fact the whole "we are an institution and you are a peon" mentality needs to be disrupted.
More companies should hire on a project basis and share the revenues. More companies should try holacracy and abolish a top down chain of command for everything.
Then people can really will be compensated on their merit, ie their contributions.
In our own company, I laid out how we do it https://qbix.com/blog ... would welcome your thoughts.
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#10Talent and experience aren't the same thing, and they both affect compensation.
Talent can produce a better result than experience, but experience is almost always more consistent. There's added value in consistency for companies. That's not discrimination (ugh), it's a business reality.