> At best you can use it briefly to exploit unwitting young people who don’t know their worth and don’t have enough self-confidence to say no, and ride that into a pump and dump IPO situation
That's basically the business plan in a lot of places.
That's basically the business plan in a lot of places.
If you feel like you barely squeaked your way in the door as someone was whipping you and yelling “dance monkey dance” then you’re helping them identify you as a gullible goober they can pay peanuts (relative to your value add) while overworking you, and get you to thank them for the sweet ping pong and happy hours.
Until young candidates just say no to this shit, then it’s an abyss of open-office, grab-ass culture we have no one to blame for but ourselves.