in business people don't value youth
The structures for learning are disappearing faster than new ones are forming. Remote work has accelerated this breakdown, erasing the in-person mentorship that came through proximity. Economic pressure has led many teams to skip the slow burn of junior development altogether.
Welcome to the entry-level void: what happens when junior design jobs disappear?
I think a lot of kids are in that situation where you know ultimately they're just not being given the codes.
They have, they have unlimited curiosity, but really are not being given the codes.
Baukunst • This Could Still Be a Movement: Why Mars Needs a Creative Director
like, you know, no reference point to go off of, that’s ego system. That’s “I am the synthesizer; therefore, you consume me and I give purpose to your identity.” Ecosystem is “I’m showing you every line that I pulled from, and I’m giving you access to every single person.”
Baukunst • This Could Still Be a Movement: Why Mars Needs a Creative Director
“The language of the rulers” - Ha-Joon Chang
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#politics #philosophy #economics #rulers
instagram.comworking at a big company is basically an accelerated course in how power actually works. once you see the sheer level of inefficiency, rent-seeking, & arbitrary decision-making, it kind of breaks all illusions about big companies.
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signüllx.com“Retirement is lame” - Jeff Bezos
One hypothesis on why social networks tend to lose heat at scale is that this type of old money can't be cleared out, and new money loses the incentive to play the game.
Remains of the Day • Status as a Service
But perhaps even more confounding is that executives at successful social networks are some of the highest status people in the world. Forget first world problems, they have .1% or .001% problems. On a day-to-day basis, they hardly face a single issue that their core users grapple with constantly. Engagement goals may drive them towards building
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