## Metadata - Author: [[ludicity|Ludicity]] - Full Title:: Most Tech Jobs Are Jokes and I Am Not Laughing - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[bullshit-jobs.-the-rise-of-pointless-work-and-what-can-we-do-about-it|Bullshit Jobs]], [[company-culture|Company Culture]], - URL:: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/most-tech-jobs-are-jokes-and-i-am-not-laughing/ - Finished date:: [[2024-05-02]] ## Highlights > The tea is an eternal reminder of the gap between where I am, comfortable though it may be, and my fully realized potential. The tea causes me to radiate an aura that makes the thought leaders I know slightly uneasy around me ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hww4y78js23z0bmx22ag6n9n)) > the problem is that although I know many genuinely smart people, they *all work at bad companies* because I started at a bad company ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hww55scbwh5ggc0nch7g4yhn)) > And to top it all off, I have the very serious constraint of wanting the work to benefit society unambiguously - and it is obvious that the strongest engineering culture in Melbourne exists at cryptocurrency companies, which I refuse to work for on principle. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hww599cbnsvcxcw0h7v22nh3)) > I scrubbed all the personality out of my CV and wrote the word "Snowflake" as many times as possible. If I was facing homelessness, I'd probably lie and write the word "React" as many times as possible and be employed in two days ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hww5b1h4vpvng7fj7fwbwwrt)) > The CV-based market for *serious people* outside of FAANG is almost entirely fictional as far as I can tell. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hww5brxpyvmdh2vv8r2vzvcr)) > The most competent engineers I know (of the variety that want to work be on fulfilling teams, not use their power to try and transform dysfunctional teams into good ones) do not even flinch when I say something like "It feels as if 95% of engineering teams are cosplaying ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hww5tmsftz3q4w7d4bkcnxt8))