> The value of work is not in the work done; it's in the decisions being made. It's the ability to handle edge cases, to work your way through ambiguity, to "unstuck" a stuck situation, and to resolve tricky unforeseen issues.
We have weaponized identity politics to get what we want: toxic masculinity vs white supremacist thinking. The clear trend in this arms race is to tick off more and more boxes.
That is a static snapshot of the world. Over time, I would expect job openings in Austin to go up and for them to go down in the Bay Area. Those new + existing employees in Austin would be doing the jobs of the former employees in the Bay Area.
That's because there are classes of supermarket instead.
- Go to a cheap supermarket and expect bruised stuff and pick out the stuff you like.
- Go to a more expensive one and expect no bruising.
- Go to a yet more expensive one and expect nothing but organic and ripe.
It's kind of like class expectations. You don't want to be known as the person who shops at a place with bruised stuff (and the supermarket appeals to shoppers that way).
You find that in farmer's markets as well. Go to an inexpensive one and expect bruising. Go to an expensive one and be angry if there is any bruising.
The first part describes programming perfectly.