tom bombadil on X: "i feel like it would be good for society if there was a default job you could go get if you don't know what else to do. idk what it should be, but some people just need direction they struggle to supply on their own" / X
The frame of “applying to jobs” is spiritually humiliating because it makes the job into the subject and the applicant into the object. You’ve cast yourself as a dependent on the Jobs’ generosity. A victim to its judgement.
— Emmett Shear (@eshear)
Everyone thinks this is an exaggeration but there are so many software engineers, not just at FAANG, who I know personally who literally make ~2 code changes a month, few emails, few meetings, remote work, 5 hours/ week, for ~$200-300k.
Here are some of those companies:
— Deedy (@deedydas)
enjoyed this slice in time from jordan's career emails, so here's one of my memorable ones when i was rejected by a startup for not having good visual design... but i asked for a chance to prove myself and got it
this startup got acq'd by fb, and made my career today
— julius tarng cyber inspector (@tarngerine)
(2) Matthew Chapman on X: "With Detroit seeing a population and economic rebound, it's worth exploring what exactly caused the city to fall so hard — because there are REALLY important lessons for a lot of other U.S. cities, some of which are making similar mistakes to Detroit and not realizing it." / X
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan)
Alec Stapp on X: "Children whose parents were doctors are 25x more likely to become doctors than others. Children whose parents were lawyers are 18x more likely to become lawyers than others. Children whose parents were legislators are 354x (!) more likely to become legislators than others. https://t.co/wSVW7TaurP" / X
Children whose parents were doctors are 25x more likely to become doctors than others.Children whose parents were lawyers are 18x more likely to become lawyers than others.Children whose parents were legislators are 354x (!) more likely to become legislators than others. pic.twitter.com/wSVW7TaurP— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) April 2, 2024
Ted Davis on X
Feels so broken that we've created an ecosystem where the few people left with staff jobs are just waiting for them to disappear; the freelancers are struggling to get by on roughly $10k a year; and yet there are endless publicists in my inbox who largely seem to be living stably
Ted Davis on Twitter
Feels so broken that we've created an ecosystem where the few people left with staff jobs are just waiting for them to disappear; the freelancers are struggling to get by on roughly $10k a year; and yet there are endless publicists in my inbox who largely seem to be living stably— Ted Davis (@tddvsss) October 16, 2023
Bill D'Alessandro on Twitter
“Damn. This is the most unreal (and yet depressingly so real) story of unintended consequences I've ever read. "Why Do Employers Provide Health Care in the First Place?" Some excerpts... https://t.co/q1DFnfXvzl”
Brendan Hodges on Twitter
This line is thought is terrifying. education becoming debt-exploding prep for a job that likely won’t use your degree anyway is one of the worst things to ever happen. The liberal arts expand the mind, deepen our appreciation of culture, and train us for how to see and live life https://t.co/PWvbE5Zmec— Brendan Hodges (@metaplexmovies) May 21, 2023