Picture the headline:
Google engineers 'just want to chill' (for six figures)
Not that I disagree. I'd love that kind of WLB. It's why I'm shoring up my programming skills and trying to pivot my career in that direction. I'm 100% on board with my boy here.
But it was a mistake to make a video so incredibly tone-deaf. Tons of americans are working 50-60 hours a week in labor intensive jobs and not making enough to feel secure and this guy thinks he's 'inspiring the next generation of developers'? Can you guys imagine the vitriol that's coming in a few days when news outlets pick this up?
Average people already resent the technocracy. This video may as well be titled 'Let them eat cake'.