I use to think working in a Bay Area tech company would be fun and productive. But three years here and all I find are big egos, unqualified and pompous and highly paid upper management . Every one is out for each other’s throats every single day. You keep chasing the mirage of having a stable settled life , lower expectations yet you are back to square one. How will our generation be remembered in 40 years ? We look back at 60s with awe for the accomplishment, 70s with fun, 80s with soberness, 90s with globalization and flattening of barriers ... what are we doing in the present ! AI : ML??! As sundar pichai said technology cannot solve human problems. We are progressing in science but regressing as humans I end my venting
I completely get what you are saying. With every passing day, I feel like we are caring a little less, empathizing a lot lesser. But I wouldn't blame Bay Area for it. But I agree we aren't doing anything to help it either. Maybe you are experiencing it in Bay Area because of large population density. But that's pretty much the case everywhere in India and China.
I agree , pinning it in Bay Area is probably unfair, tech in general
I dunno. I'm generally much happier about some aspects and much more unhappy about others. In general I break even.
I break even too, but off late the lows are getting lower
Very few people on blind know what despondent means. Go ahead make a poll and check out.
That’s funny
If you define the current decade by its tech state, then your perspective on past decades is plain wrong. Where’s the A-bomb and nuclear weaponry?? Cold War, ... etc? Such a short sighted perspective deserves feeling how you feel. Grow and learn to look at things from outside. The world is much bigger than the Bay Area, your tech field, or tech in general. Such a waste
A bomb and nuclear weaponry have prevented a Third World War . It has led to tremendous advancements that afford ya the luxuries you take for granted today. I view that as a positive Plus I post here to listen to different perspectives, but I guess you haven’t evolved where you can present a perspective without being derisive.... proves the point in my post exactly
Never said any of what I mentioned was negative, you assumed that. I just said these were probably more impactful and defining events for past periods, yet you fixated your perspective on certain aspects never related to tech. However when looking at your own period, (and I’m assuming you work on tech in the Bay Area) you were unable to see past your own playground. And that’s sad. Congrats on proving your point, whatever that is. You must feel awesome 👏
TriNet is so bad tho
You don’t work for a Bay Area tech company. You work for yourself. And use a job “at a” Bay Area tech company to achieve your goals + (hopefully) help said Bay Area tech company to achieve their goals + put food on the table at the same time. Don’t worry too much about what your coworkers are up to ... or be dependent on your job to hand you “things” on a silver platter. Take control of your career ... and it will all work out fine!
A lot of what you are frustrated about is what happens in hyper growth companies. You get great strategy and individual contributors, but not always team players and people developers. If you want something like that I would move to an industry where people are generally less interested in climbing the ladder. That's the primary reason (and money - the two are concomitant in my experience) why people are drawn to tech