I love my job and am happy for once

Argo AI
Byte Me

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Byte Me
Jul 30, 2021 21 Comments

There’s a lot of talk about TC here, and 🍆 measuring. For the first time in the tech world, I feel like what I’m building is going to improve lives and actually change the world. Just wanted to post here that working on generally impactful things does a lot for your happiness vs chasing TC working on useless products, some of them actively harmful (cough Facebook)….took me a while to realize that.

TC for you losers: 450k at current valuation

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TOP 21 Comments
  • Self driving cars is not a problem people should be solving. Its not clear what positive impact it will have and the impact of millions of jobs lost as a result. The more urgent problem to solve is around generating and storing energy sustainably.
    Jul 30, 2021 6
    • Argo AI
      Byte Me

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      Byte Me
      OP
      Why can’t other companies solve energy problems? Self driving absolutely is a long term problem to take the 1.3M metric down, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work on it.
      Jul 30, 2021
    • Apple
      🍎bottom

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      🍎bottom
      Most people are shit at driving so it will solve a lot of problems there. Also I'm sure many would love the ability to nap or do anything else but drive on a road trip or long commute. You sound like the guy that was trying to hold onto horses as the common mode of transportation.
      Jul 30, 2021
  • Tesla
    fight-me

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    fight-me
    finally someone said it. Bravo. I hate these TC worshippers with empty brains aside of coding
    Jul 30, 2021 0
  • you don't actually have 450k given it's paper money. And yes, look down on other companies lol. That's a red flag that you're trying to compensate and not actually happy/
    Jul 30, 2021 1
  • The job would get filled regardless of whether you personally do it or not, so it makes no difference
    Jul 30, 2021 0
  • Intel / Other
    cturtle

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    cturtle
    I feel that your TC is what making you talk this way. Would you be still proud of doing the same exact work for far less, say 90k? Then i would believe you.
    Jul 30, 2021 2
    • Argo AI
      Byte Me

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      I’m not getting paid meaningfully more (or less) than I would at other large companies for my experience. You’re right, if I had to suffer due to low TC that would notch me down a few levels, but if Facebook came to me tmw and offered me 650k, I would very likely reject it as it would in all likelihood not make me happy.
      Jul 30, 2021
    • Intel / Other
      cturtle

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      cturtle
      The 50k diff at 600k TC is an easy choice. What about if you were offered 850k, would you reject it without blinking an eye? Am not saying you are wrong, I might as well be the op of such a post too. Though I still suffer from low tc syndrome, I have come to realize that things are relative. Though I feel I would be better at a bigger tc, have stated looking to find happiness in things other than tc.
      Jul 31, 2021