[danaris]

Ah, yes; it's the software engineers who are the problem. The ones making a decent paycheck to actually write the code.

Not the tech company executives making billions, with a b.

Not Wall Street, that demands infinite, ever-increasing growth.

Software engineers.

Right.

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

> Not the tech company executives making billions, with a b.

To be fair, they did include this group. I’m also not sure the number-goes-up investors are “the” problem (perhaps “a” problem) or if they’re just acting rationally in an inflationary economy, which does seem to be a problem with far-reaching consequences.

But I agree that the problem is pretty far removed from the workers working for a paycheck, regardless of what they do; someone is paying them to do it, maybe criticize that first.

[danaris]

They said "business executives", which is a much broader group.

[rcpt]

Guys like OP have been frothing at the opportunity to scream "nerds" at engineers for decades but, because tech is solidly on the left, have been struggling to find an outlet. Now Elon gave them a chance and they are thrilled.

[52-6F-62]

Solidly on the left? Last startup (as an SWE) I worked for the SWE’s worshipped the ground Elon and Bezos walked on… and their morality in their practices, even within their own teams, matched their faith.

It soured me on all of it in a big way.