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   wlo (wizard@xyzzy.link)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 01:53:18 JST wlo

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   idk. the tech job market is generally pretty fucked rn. where are the jobs that benefit normal people. my friend who works on a farm doesn't need to battle with the idea of his field funding mass surveillance. he goes out, picks vegetables all summer, and sells them to the local farm. everyone around here benefits from his work in a pretty direct way.
   
   my options as someone versed in tech feel super limited in this sense. if i want to actively harm the world, i can work for a military contractor or in surveillance. or both. if i want to at least keep the status quo, which isn't really much better, i can sell my soul to insurance companies, banks, or someone in a financial sector. but those people aren't helping anyone in local communities.
   
   what do i do. where are the jobs that benefit society. why did we as a society decide that technology should be used as a tool to do widespread harm. i don't want to do that.
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     wlo (wizard@xyzzy.link)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 01:53:19 JST wlo
     computer jobs are grunt work for the ultra wealthy. why did i specialize in this field.
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     mikeful (mikeful@mastodontti.fi)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 01:55:06 JST mikeful

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     @wizard I work at event livestreaming backend company. I guess our products and my work in them reduces need to travel to go watch sports or corporate events.

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     Dayalicia Tohka Mitsuki (daya@princess.wedding)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 02:06:04 JST Dayalicia Tohka Mitsuki

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     @wizard but insurance companies and banks are core parts of "financial system", we all as society depend of financial system. So it's something needed in society despite they don't help people in a more altruistic way.
     I believe the issue would be the cases where the people gets ruined directly due those institutions.
     What those institutions should do is educating population, for avoiding to make decisions that could slaver themselves.
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     Dayalicia Tohka Mitsuki (daya@princess.wedding)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 02:08:44 JST Dayalicia Tohka Mitsuki

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     @wizard tell me frankly your point of view, my point of view is that institutions are not intrinsically evil despite they work like a mechanism, but what be should be done is empowering people, remember them they have the power
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     Dayalicia Tohka Mitsuki (daya@princess.wedding)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 02:11:30 JST Dayalicia Tohka Mitsuki

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     @wizard btw, have you tried to create your own business of it?
     like offering an independent service