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It used to be a pretty big deal to land a job at Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft or Netflix as a dev. If you were fresh out of college and saw your friend update their linkedin to show that they've been employed in one of these companies, it fucking meant something.
I don't know if it's just my perception, but when I see a guy I know working for Big Tech, it's just fucking disgusting. Being a part of a machine that's actively contributing to the literal downfall of society as we know it, pushing us into the depths of technofeudalism and corporate fascism.
Yeah that shit ain't cool no more. I remember seeing a guy I tutored land a job at Facebook even before getting his master's. I was pretty envious.
Not anymore.
Probably doesn't help he replaced himself with an AI bot clone and disappeared most likely to his shelter too. Like people gotta be thinking "wait I'm supposed to still work when this guy is MIA now"