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I learned to code. I am good enough to get a job at a Google/Amazon/Facebook. Should I do it? I feel like it would be working for the devil, but I also feel like almost every job is like that. $200k/yr sounds pretty nice.

Get the bag and do mutual aid?

I’ve had a handful of friends with this dilema. At least one made solid on his promise to do aid. Dope as hell.

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Yeah, just remember how based we are and how cringe every single other ideology you’re going to encounter is (Truly, you can talk to people with an open mind and learn to be annoyed). If you do that and you find yourself with agency, you’ll do the right thing.

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the whole tech industry is nothing but devils. you will work to create awful shit that destroys the world, your fellow human, and yourself. You can imagine yourself quitting now, but by the time you realize what you’ve done, the prospect of finding another job will seem too scary. But There Is No Alternative. Labor power is near zero in tech, and the system is structured to make people complicit without giving them access.

So idk, maybe. I probably would.

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If they don’t take the job someone else will and at least if they see something really shady they might be more likely to leak it than another random techbro that will be in there instead.

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All of us have to make compromises to survive in this awful world.

That being said, if I had a decent job right now, I would probably be much more of a lib than I already am. Material circumstances make us who we are.

On the other hand, the things you learn at Google might be of assistance to the revolution in the future.

If it were me, I would almost certainly go for it, while also doing my best to undermine capitalism as often as possible.

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Yes.

But be prepared for the fact that everyone I have known that has worked there (in the uk) has said it was fucking awful. These are just normal people.

If the money is good you absolutely should though. No questions. Use some of that income for the cause.

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