I moved to Seattle for a high-paying tech job. It turned out to be the loneliest time of my life.::After accepting a job at Amazon, Alexander Nguyen moved to Seattle, where he experienced a period of intense loneliness.
I feel bad for this dude, but not for the reasons he wants me to.
Nearing 40 and being pretty staunchly no-kids, I always got along great with all of the devs and admins I work with who have kids and we find plenty to talk about. I always thought what I do for a living is pretty cool, but I certainly never expected that to be my ticket to getting laid or being praised as some big-brain special boy. This dude felt one-dimensional because he is one-dimensional. Maybe he just never really spent the time developing his personality and maybe its time to do that now. It’s one thing to love what you do, its another entirely to make your job your identity - you gotta bring more to the table in social situations than shop talk and Squid Game.
As for complaining about a routine… I mean, that’s unfortunately how being an adult works for 90% of us. We have jobs, we often end up kind of worn out even if we sit at a desk all day, and it can suck - you make the best of it and break the monotony as best you can. If he wanted to be in the remaining 10%, he probably should’ve put in the effort. Those folks he mentions at Y Combinator, or starting nonprofits probably busted their asses to break through. Even content creators who put out quality content often are often run ragged from overworking. Did this dude think staying in NY would have given him extra energy?
Fuck outta here with this garbage, Business Insider.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
So this guy just sounds like he had trouble adulting after college. Happens to many, regardless of industry.
reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep - this article is just a desparate attempt to try and blame a company that people don’t like for a completely normal life experience.
I really do not understand the obsession with Business Insider articles on Lemmy. They are such trash.
otter@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Not just on Lemmy, it’s everywhere
I think it’s partially because of how much content they put out. If you look up something, chances are they’ll have an article for it. They’re also super active on social media & YouTube, so it’s just everywhere.
So then people see it more often and it gets posted on here more often
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
TBH tech is its unique dark horse. Especially raw coding. I’m on the front end and still, juniors are expected to basically glue themselves to a screen 10h a day. I get into flow and after about 5h straight of nothing but a screen, and man, your brain is just loopy.
Sitting at a desk in front of a screen is an awful existence.
jdf038@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Yeah literally all of this was me (who also would have benefitted from therapy at his age)
Reading it on one hand made me feel wiser but on the other made me feel old as fuck.