That's weird. Seemed to me like skin color was previously the only test they used for most "services" jobs.
I'm one of those evil 50-year-old white dudes who spent most of his life building and maintaining the complex systems society relies on, including the parts built by our parents and grandparents who are long gone.
I hope many of you youngsters are preparing yourselves for what's coming when my generation fades away. Not only are we not seeing competence being rewarded, the opposite is being actively promoted. There are exceptions of course, and God bless those younger folks who have developed skills and comprehension -- I just fear there aren't enough of you to keep the world working. There are a whole helluva lot of us that just fix stuff we find, even when it might not be directly part of our job because it's part of our nature. Most of it doesn't even get documented or acknowledged, but I have a feeling it's going to become obvious when we stop doing it.
It amazes me sometimes that the novels I read when younger, which were intended as warnings, are starting to feel like either instruction manuals or documentaries.
That's weird. Seemed to me like skin color was previously the only test they used for most "services" jobs.
I'm one of those evil 50-year-old white dudes who spent most of his life building and maintaining the complex systems society relies on, including the parts built by our parents and grandparents who are long gone.
I hope many of you youngsters are preparing yourselves for what's coming when my generation fades away. Not only are we not seeing competence being rewarded, the opposite is being actively promoted. There are exceptions of course, and God bless those younger folks who have developed skills and comprehension -- I just fear there aren't enough of you to keep the world working. There are a whole helluva lot of us that just fix stuff we find, even when it might not be directly part of our job because it's part of our nature. Most of it doesn't even get documented or acknowledged, but I have a feeling it's going to become obvious when we stop doing it.
All I can say from my experience is good luck.
Who is John Galt?
It amazes me sometimes that the novels I read when younger, which were intended as warnings, are starting to feel like either instruction manuals or documentaries.
We used to call it the Peter principle. It's real.
Amen to this.