One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
For a while Google's power accumulation was generally aligned with the general blossoming of an open web and lots of new technology.
They've clearly moved to extraction mode as far as the web is concerned, they are quite well positioned to take part in a potential "authorship and copyright and reality doesn't matter much anymore" economy.
It's pretty unclear whose incentives are truly aligned with any of the good stuff we like.
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We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
We get bogged down in lengthy "technical discussions" but at the end of the day, it's about who has the power.
For a while Google's power accumulation was generally aligned with the general blossoming of an open web and lots of new technology.
They've clearly moved to extraction mode as far as the web is concerned, they are quite well positioned to take part in a potential "authorship and copyright and reality doesn't matter much anymore" economy.
It's pretty unclear whose incentives are truly aligned with any of the good stuff we like.