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2527 points JustSkyfall | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.406s | source
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actionfromafar ◴[18 Sep 25 08:43 UTC] No.45287173[source]▶
Thousands of teen coders now hate Salesforce in advance. This is very shortsighted.
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luckman212 ◴[18 Sep 25 10:25 UTC] No.45287894[source]▶
Wait, there are people who actually don't hate Salesforce?
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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[18 Sep 25 11:55 UTC] No.45288523[source]▶
I have anecdotally heard good things about Benioff, as a person.

But then, I've also heard good things said about Elon, as a person, so take it with a grain of salt, I guess...

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nickdothutton ◴[18 Sep 25 12:58 UTC] No.45289082[source]▶
As a general rule, if ever someone is presented to you as a 2-dimensional character or cartoonish hero or villain, there is usually quite a bit more to discover. This probably goes in my list of 100 things to tell any young person about life.
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ekidd ◴[18 Sep 25 14:45 UTC] No.45290366[source]▶
Some of the people who have caused the most pain, suffering and death in the world were still kind to their dogs. They are often pleasant socially. Stalin, by was apparently delightful over a glass of whiskey and some cigars.

The older I get, the more I judge people by what they work for in the world, and what changes they try to bring about. I am less interested in the face that they present socially.

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1dom ◴[18 Sep 25 15:36 UTC] No.45290973[source]▶
> The older I get, the more I judge people by what they work for in the world, and what changes they try to bring about. I am less interested in the face that they present socially.

This is a thought I'm having lot as I get older. I've taken to judging people on how much what they say they work for in the world aligns with the profile of who they choose to work for. Not so much for unskilled in minimum wage work, but massively so for anyone who works in tech.

It pains me to see so many engineers younger than me convinced that they're bringing around positive changes with their career whilst working for companies and people who are demonstrably against everything they claim they're working for.

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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[18 Sep 25 15:47 UTC] No.45291127[source]▶
I feel sorry for all the psychology majors, that went to school, to learn to help people, and are now designing dark patterns.

They are likely making a lot more than they would, otherwise, though.

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1. jakeydus ◴[18 Sep 25 16:15 UTC] No.45291471[source]▶
It speaks to motivation generally, I think. Most people just want to be able to take care of themselves and the people closest to them; they (and this includes me most of the time) don't have the bandwidth to think beyond paying next month's rent.