Ask HN: Is it SV culture, or tech in general that is entitled?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28109873

by xook • 5 years ago

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From my perspective, I do not have the experience of working with startups or "Engaging" tech-focused work. Yet many times do I see an article or blog get posted here that is about substandard work conditions.

Employee metrics based on internal commune engagement; activity that is monitored to judge payroll worthiness; Ensuring profitability based on how many times you say "yes." Is this normal for tech in the 21st century, or just the culture of a select few, yet noticeable, companies?

sonograph• 5 years ago

Comparing New York, the midwest, the south, and SV, it's mostly SV that is entitled. NY has this to some extent (finance) too

AlexC04• 5 years ago

Can you define what you mean by entitled?

I'm not sure it is entirely clear what you mean by entitled based on the text above.

runawaybottle• 5 years ago

I didn’t really understand the second paragraph either. As for the first paragraph, I think a lot of the entitlement is getting all of us a better situation. Better pay, better work, better WLB, etc.

It almost feels like the entitlement Americans had in the 50s. Everyone gets a house, everyone gets to goto college, the middle class is real and everyone will be paid. It lasted long enough until industry pulled the rug out from under and globalized the jobs.

We need the entitlement because we really don’t know how long it’s going to last. Market forces simply will not accept high salaries and employee-input forever.

I don’t know what the end game will look like, but we better enjoy it while it lasts. Our version of ‘ship that whole car plant to Mexico’ has yet to come, but it’s coming.

Ask HN: Is it SV culture, or tech in general that is entitled?

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