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0 pointskolbe3y ago0 comments

You apparently don't understand that jobs that are actually desirable come at a huge wage discount. Sure, if you want to use your ML skills to push self-destructive ads or play in the stock market, you get a lot more money. But if you use the skills to do something fun/respectable, you get less.

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scarface743y ago· 2 in thread

I would find the infrastructure work and scaling of Google, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and AWS (I currently work at AWS on the consulting side) to be very interesting. Working at scale is very interesting to me.

kolbeOP3y ago

So you're an part of making sure monopoly power is consolidated into the hands of an elite few? Cool. That's right up there with saving the climate, facilitating world peace, et cetera. I couldn't ever think of why chasing mythical treasure would be as fun an stuffing Bezos's mouth with a few more billions.

scarface743y ago

Yes and I’m sure you value your work at startups where the founders and VCs are putting themselves in a position to sell out to the monopolies? Where pray tell is AWS a “monopoly” where there are two major competitors and the CEO himself said that only 5% of IT spend is on any cloud provider?

Are you feeding starving children in Africa at a non profit? Do you not exchange labor for money? Have you somehow overcome your addiction to food and shelter?

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