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Oh gawd, I know so many of these brogrammer people, changing paradigms, disrupting industries, changing the world, blah, blah, blah. When in reality, there is only ever a small segment of the population that wants or needs what they are offering. This is pretty accurate, I think:
These tech companies position themselves as heroes. They talk about “changing the world” constantly. Yet all they do is churn out technology for rich, white dudes in their 20s/30s who live in big cities and want apps to fill in the blanks for what mommy used to do.
Mommy used to pick me up from soccer practice. A: Uber.
Mommy used to do my laundry. A: Flycleaners.
Mommy used to clean my room. A: Handy.
Mommy used to buy me groceries. A: Blue Apron.
Mommy used to cook me food. A: Seamless.
And they even call it “mom-tech.” We’re letting our lives be dictated by brogrammers who want to breastfeed forever.
I completely agree with you. I was going to respond with a comment about something out in the general culture that is just the opposite of this and that doesn't get enough attention, but then I thought of more and more examples. Even if we live alone we don't need more disconnect, it's not something to be proud of. And so many of the people like this they are so arrogant about how cool and leading-edge they are, but really they're just a sad type that will be part of an era.
Oh gawd, I know so many of these brogrammer people, changing paradigms, disrupting industries, changing the world, blah, blah, blah. When in reality, there is only ever a small segment of the population that wants or needs what they are offering. This is pretty accurate, I think:
I completely agree with you. I was going to respond with a comment about something out in the general culture that is just the opposite of this and that doesn't get enough attention, but then I thought of more and more examples. Even if we live alone we don't need more disconnect, it's not something to be proud of. And so many of the people like this they are so arrogant about how cool and leading-edge they are, but really they're just a sad type that will be part of an era.
Nice to know that the Presidency of the United States of America has been relegated to "side hustle" status.