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I first heard about this story from an IT class at community college- I knew about data mining and collection it was well-known. Reading the story, the father goes to a local store to complain about something that corporate sent out and a store manager is forced to apologize. I think this happened in a low-education region -- this doesn't make a lot of sense.

The writer assumes other people are also relatively privileged as a writer and not worry about money/job and have free-time for idle chit chat

Also seen this and doing "rejection tests" -- someone with too much freetime on their hands or who has ADHD. Other people would label this behavior as weird

Just hear when people get married -- they get overweight for some reason. Purely anecdotal but just infer as a lack of free time

I'm waiting for the reviews until making a decision -- unfortunately I have a corporate laptop M1 MBP so can't use a personal laptop for work

As usual Apple will charge arm+leg for 32gb/1tb config -- and I don't need the graphics really

Yea this -- he is trying to disprove those pop culture claims like "immigrants h1b1s taking jobs" or "tech is unfriendly place for women"

Not sure if anyone read the article -- its referring to microdosing psychedelics to improve productivity, focus, creativity, and problem-solving

Somehow stimulants became focal point of conversation because they are more commonly used -- I think the same idea tech workers are looking for a way to enhance their performance beyond taking a cup of coffee

There are trade-offs to taking stimulants such as side-effects and addictiveness, so hence the appeal of certain psychedelics individuals are perhaps using to self-medicate or gain an edge in the workplace.

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If you have a "name" in the industry, meaning you are some sort of 10x developer, which 99% is not -- companies will actively poach you like you are some NBA all-star. For the normal people out there -- even having a big-name company on your CV won't get you far. And forget telling them you got laid-off or out of work -- you'll be tossed out. Hiring has never been an honest process -- eliminated my expectations that any company is trying to help you.

In my experience its terrible for juniors, and tough right now for senior devs. I'm applying for Snr SRE/Devops roles -- I maybe get a 50 percent response rate since my resume looks good.

Get the call with the recruiter -- bla bla bla - we will submit your profile to hiring manager and typically ends there. Its like they are playing games and intentionally messing with you. Somewhere in the process I fall between the cracks, and its rinse and repeat.

Its time consuming and you basically do free work (take-homes), or even assessments as part of the application. Very morale reducing.

Seems like the jobs in demand are for principals/leads/ or management roles.

A year ago with less experience it was much easier to get final round interviews.

I've cast a wide fishing net, applying to jobs on Linkedin, through Slack channels, and posted on Hackernews. But to be frank, basically it goes nowhere.

I'm using my time to upskill and read books on tech topics, take video boot camps, and sharpen my coding skills. Its hard to stay motivated without an incentive really. Seems like techies are disposable at this moment and requires a huge ego check.

It sort of baffles me -- tech jobs are abundant and I'm not picky --- like trying to work as a game dev at a AAA studio or be a screenwriter in Hollywood.

BS and recruiting hell seem to be the norm now

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Some of them didn't want to make the time commitment-- or partied. But a lot of smart students make then had old answers to tests especially in hard majors like the sciences. I think that counts as cheating.. they probably figured out they were giving canned answers or suspicious they arrived to answer right away.

To get out of reading a long book -- if you want a TLDR or something. I see it as a tool to augment understanding -- bad actors will manipulate it to use to their advantage.

Teacher can't go around to each student to help with their understanding -- its not economical and each student is at a different level of ability.

If you want analytical information then I could see a use-case for GPT-3. I was trying to sign up for health insurance and asked questions -- it didn't give good answers. Sometimes you need a human to help you with it -- so these tools will save money in the long run but not have the "street smarts".

Can I use an AI tool to tell me how to fix my bike? If I dunno much about bikes an expert has to look at it and tell me what's wrong..

Basically go to an Ivy League school and you are set for life? Please don't tell me society works like that -- its extremely cynical and it doesn't motivate people to work hard for opportunity-- life becomes based on nepotism or whate college/frat you went to as defining your life.

Obviously not everyone has the capacity to do some jobs -- you can't turn an Amazon warehouse worker into a ML engineer in a year.

Let's not forget that HN is a bubble of elite coders/educated thinkers in the top 10 percent of income, education, and intelligence distribution in society anyways. I feel you are inflating element of artificial scarcity without considering other perspectives.

I mean can the government tax megacorporations for laying off people -- industry seems like riding a broken rollercoaster you get to the top but some people can fall off when it dips to the bottom

While I don't deny existence of mental challenges like ADHD, anxiety/depression, IMHO these conditions are overdiagnosed and overprescribed by medical establishment.

I'm a bit neurodivergent myself, although it comes with advantages, it also comes with things that make other parts of life harder. Humans are humans at the end -- not a DSM-5 citation.

But modern media is somewhat designed to be addictive to generate ads and revenue -- endless content and scrolling, links...Im referring to news sites but social media is way way worse...

Acceptance is good advise -- I think each person is capable of adapting and learning to function on a high-level.

Its modern-day slavery -- the problem is way worse in the Middle East -- mostly construction workers and laborers -- and its not just labor from India, but other South-asian countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. In America, most unskilled labor comes from Latin American countries -- jobs that really no one wants to do

I tried meds and they were helpful in a way but had major tradeoffs.

Modafinil would make me hyper-focused but would blunt my emotions, cause terrible anxiety. Impossible to relax. I did it everyday for two years (unwise -- should take breaks or stop taking them on weekends. It doesn't necessarily improve cognition but improves focus mainly.

Now I take a Ritalin-like chemical -- its much more manageable than Modafinil but makes me less social-- a little more anxious but its tolerable. The dose-range you have to get right -- and take breaks for your body to recover. Stimulants can cause harmful side-effects mask fatigue/sleep deprivation suppress your appetite, cause weight-loss and have psychiatric effects.

In a 9-5 it helps you grind through tasks but its not sustainable to do it too frequently. I think 4 times max a week would be doable -- you have to be mindful to take care of your body and mind when using it. Productivity is only one part of life -- other parts of your health are important as well.

Too much of our lives are in a reactive state -- responding to events rather than being proactive. Thats a good survival mechanism -- but it causes anxiety by overanalyzing, rather than living in the moment. I think limits and boundaries are important -- but its too easy to let emotions carry us away. Rationality is only one facet of human behavior.

Where is the discussion on incentives in this argument? Globalization has benefited humanity in many ways but also caused massive climate change, increasing inequality, and a winner-take-all economy.