I had a pretty strong visceral reaction to this article.
prob because i just read about the 1%ers avoiding paying taxes, and a thousand other much-more-horrific things, only to see the top post on HN advocating for workers to make themselves even more dispensable that they/we already are -- and i don't think it was meant as a joke. :-D
i've always done the 'obsolete yourself' routine, and still do/am -- part of it was/is always self-interest (not advancement, but getting freed from having to do stupid shit), but part of it was/is 'just doing the right thing by the company' and thereby hopefully being part of a successful operation which, if you're not doing anything too evil, would allow me to take some pride in it.
but i know that many of my improvements to products/documentation/training/etc. only help offshore myself _and_ all my co-workers, especially those of us in the US and other expensive places (and we don't even get health insurance).
if i was part of some type of co-op, all that would be taken care of.
prob because i just read about the 1%ers avoiding paying taxes, and a thousand other much-more-horrific things, only to see the top post on HN advocating for workers to make themselves even more dispensable that they/we already are -- and i don't think it was meant as a joke. :-D
i've always done the 'obsolete yourself' routine, and still do/am -- part of it was/is always self-interest (not advancement, but getting freed from having to do stupid shit), but part of it was/is 'just doing the right thing by the company' and thereby hopefully being part of a successful operation which, if you're not doing anything too evil, would allow me to take some pride in it.
but i know that many of my improvements to products/documentation/training/etc. only help offshore myself _and_ all my co-workers, especially those of us in the US and other expensive places (and we don't even get health insurance).
if i was part of some type of co-op, all that would be taken care of.
one can dream!