technology workers did not "extract" value from the bay area, they are what makes the bay area valuable. fight or flight is a choice we all have to make, but we are not the property of any government, and certainly not a local government that hates us.https://solana.substack.com/p/extract-or-die …
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I find this to be an amazing guilt ridden paradox I am still piecing together. But I also think people use words that don’t reflect how they truly feel.
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Dunno, after working at Google I'm not feeling like ever working in big tech again. So I see where a lot of this sentiment is coming from, though I'm optimistic about tech in general. It just seems like the opposite of hacker culture in most places rn.
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Also something self flagellating about it. A religious guilt element
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Could additionally be pet peeves. Knowing plenty of devs who love tech in general, but despise <insert-arbitrary-specific-domain>.
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self loathing is a luxury reserved for the rich
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Honestly, just want to share that outgroup essay here. Tech does't think of itself as a single entity for obvious reasons -- they know it very well. But its critics don't.
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I hate tech and work in tech. Seems natural if you ask me. I love tech, just hate most of the commies that make up tech
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