[dogleash]

> We strongly need hackers to become motivated and concentrated again to build great new things.

This guy on twitter is a *checks notes* virtual mailbox provider. A product that's existed for ages and already had software startups take a run at disrupting them a number of years ago. I remember one spectacular failure, don't remember how well the others fared, and get the impression from a friend that uses one of the legacy providers that they're happy with the software offering of existing service providers.

Not exactly the kind of tech R&D conjured up by the phrase "build great new things."

Makes me expect that the kind of people "Work at a Startup" could place at innovative companies are going into the same meat grinder that got us to where we are today.

I have a hard time drawing a line where my own lost innocence ends and the widespread cynicism and malaise that has crept into "tech" starts. But the culture has unmistakably been a casualty of recent history.

This corporate-all-hands-meeting flavor inspirational writing ain't gonna fix it.