Without wanting to spoiler, let me whet your appetite for this very interesting article by quoting this: "you’re unimaginably more likely to become homeless than to win at the game of capitalism"

Go figure.

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Danox 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But everyone thinks they will win. And that is why most people are cooperative. It’s only when they get to their mid-30s that they start to realize it’s not gonna happen.

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hash0 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So very true. A bit saddening to realize that the old story "from dishwasher to millionaire" is still so pervasive despite the odds having changed considerably against us in the meantime... I guess some dreams are just too beautiful to forget.

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dotcoma 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

-- John Steinbeck

	▲	ThrowawayR2 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		SWEs in SV are earning $250k+ per year and the job market for them has been red hot for them for the past 30 years, minus a few bumps. Most of them are _are_ millionaires, many are multi-millionaires, and they're not embarrassed about it at all, temporarily or otherwise, dohohoho.

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cathalharte 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Most tech workers, especially those in bigger companies, are such a tiny cog in the wheel I can barely fathom it.

I wonder if there’s truth to the idea that the big companies were simply hiring as many people as they could so that at least their competitors wouldn’t have them.