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Pluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs
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this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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Oof. I don't like this sentence, because I'm in it.
I don't get it, what does "a temporarily embarrassed founder" mean?
It's a reference to this quote:
Edit: apparently the original John Steinbeck quote was:
"i would totally be a founder right now if it weren't for [excuse xyz]"
Damn bro, you ain't pitching the next disruptive idea to VC parasites?!?!
Fucking pleb
I feel like the entire US engineering industry is in it. My Swedish and German colleagues all have unions. One of my coworkers tried explaining to a Swede the other day how we have the "right to work" ๐๐ I was so embarrassed for him.
Hey it's you, the reason I fucked off from IT 22 years ago. Things are going exactly as I imagined