[randall]

I think people that say that might have a ton of potential offers, and work at startups that, thanks to the "talent shortage", are forced to be awesome places to work.

I can vouch that Justin.TV and Castfire, both places which are SF based, are amazing working environments.

Given that slant, it might color why people who have virtually unlimited awesome choices choose to put up with less crap.

[bhousel]

But sometimes crap is just part of the job (yes, even your dream job). If the choice is between spending effort to avoid it, and spending effort to improve it, I choose improvement.

One of the top mainstream news stories today is about a teacher who may be getting fired for blogging mean things about her job and students. It's easy to stand on the sidelines and say "get a better job if you don't like it". But was that job different from what she expected going into it? Or has something about the world changed, that we expect 5 star experiences all the time, and feel the need to sound off on anything that makes us unhappy?

I think about it every time I see a post like "Ask HN: Where should I go to college, What should I major in, Where should I work?". Maybe technology has made us much more willing to ask for directions, and much less willing to get lost along the journey.