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locklock ◴[] No.19116039[source]
I'm really thankful I haven't yet had a job where all I'm developing is new ways to force people to see ads. Imagine working on a 'feature' like this for weeks or months, and the end result is simply that people who don't want to see ads now have to see ads.
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badgers ◴[] No.19116176[source]
That reminds me of a quote about dentistry: "You're in a career where nobody wants to see you and you're the last place they want to come back to and it's depressing." (https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/5344jz/are-dentists-rea...)
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1. dsr_ ◴[] No.19116302[source]
A dentist's parents are usually proud of them.

"What are you doing at work these days, kid?"

"I'm inventing new ways to make people see advertising."

"Have you considered doing something positive with your life?"

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2. hamandcheese ◴[] No.19117266[source]
“I’m working a super cushy job making twice as much as I could most other places, mom!”

“Proud of you!”

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3. _underfl0w_ ◴[] No.19117438[source]
This is the realistic scenario, unfortunately, since the "users" in this scenario wouldn't understand the distinction between one tech job and another.

Substitute that job for one selling drugs with better, more consistent pay and... well... then it's culturally frowned upon by non-tech-savvy people.

Deliberately spreading "fake news" is the advertising equivalent.

4. justapassenger ◴[] No.19119270[source]
My wife is genuinely happy to see ads. My parents are happy, that their small business can advertise, that allow them to sell product, pay their employees and support themselves.

Ads aren't root of all evil.

5. porpoisely ◴[] No.19119918[source]
You are fooling yourself if you think the parents' of facebook employees' aren't proud of them.

What's with the neverending facebook bashing. So much of it is propagandistic and unreasonable. It's funny how the media says something and so many people just parrot it.

Do you really believe parents are disappointed that their child works for one of the most important companies in the world? Where the average salary is double what the average dentist makes?

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6. Barrin92 ◴[] No.19120074[source]
I mean, my parents never raised me to judge the value of my job by the size of the paycheck or the size of the company, so yes they would likely be disappointed if I worked at such a job.

Career tobacco lobbyists probably make ten times as much money as your average dentist and work for very important companies, but I don't know any parent who would be proud of their kid being a poison vendor rather than a doctor