A little fun

[pasithea]

Yay! Not my company but still great! http://www.vimeo.com/173714/

I know a lot of my friends resent us tech geeks because we can do stuff like this.

I guess that kind of riles me on some level it's sort of the "If I can't play with toys, I'll break them so the other kids can't have them." mentality.

It IS unfair that we can do this and you can't but it's not the fault of our workplaces that we can do this and you can't, it's the fault of the company you work for. If anything, companies like mine are showing miserable bastard companies that, weird and creative people also tend to be quite profitable. Let someone be happy and self-confident at work and they feel more comfortable spending time there, they get more done and are more productive because they aren't sitting there thinking, "I can't wait to get out of this goddamned oppressive Hell Hole."

So... Embrace us! We are change and we are the future. The writing is on the wall for the stuffed shirts and it says, "Evolve or become extinct."

Um. Also... Enjoy the nerds! ^_^

Comments

[voidheart.livejournal.com]

Who the hell resents someone else having a good life? That always torqued my nipple nuts that anyone would begrudge someone else a happy existence because their own is miserable. Hell, if we could all just learn to relax and try to enjoy things while not being dicks to each other this world would run a lot smoother ...

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's that simple. My sympathies are entirely with DV on this one -- not the least because in an environ like Linden, that free creative play is arguably a vital part of the work. But if the rules that determine who's having a good life and who isn't are unfair -- if people who could be having a good life are being prevented from doing so, and the people who are doing well are either indifferent or actively resisting sharing their happiness... Well, regardless of whether it's justified or constructive, that inequity is going to breed resentment.

And I think sometimes that resentment is justified. Not in the case of people who get a little creative freedom in their IT jobs, perhaps, but there are situations where conflict can lead to more humane ways of living in the long run. If a French nobleman is stuffing cake down his gullet while his peasants are starving, hell yeah, I'd begrudge him the good life. I begrudge that one millionaire from Georgia (IIRC) his lovely pool and jacuzzi and fountains while his state's in a massive water shortage. Relaxing and enjoying an unjust privilege... well, sometimes that's being a dick first, in my opinion. And sometime's it's eminently fair not to just relax and accept it -- in fact, sometimes I'd even say it's immoral.

Not that I wholly disagree with you, just bringing up a counterpoint!

[voidheart.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you, but I was talking in general regards to DV's post, not sweeping cultural change. In other words I was commenting on personal level interaction, not huge scale. Whether Joe Bob resents Joe Bubba getting the bigger orange or not can be separated from whether it is right for 1% of the population to rule the other 99% in abject poverty ;)

I agree that inequities must be levelled, but in her case we're not exactly talking a peasant versus noble situation (hell, her job's freedom is essentially out of her hands, granted by the people she works for; holding it against her is just silly). By its very nature a short comment in response to a post talking about someone resenting her is referring to that specific situation. If I could sum up the world's problems and the solutions to them in two sentences that applied equally well to interpersonal and cultural interactions I'd be the best selling author of the world's most concise book ;)

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

Yay, we're vehemently agreeing! :D

I think DV's situation mostly reminds me of a post I wrote a few months ago about "munchkin meritocracy," where I compared the modern economy to a really badly balanced MMORPG -- where tons and tons of people rolled up salespeople and IT pros because they got all the easy class perks, and then claimed they were SUPER BADASS when their character classes were simply poorly balanced.

But it seems to me like DV's more in the situation of someone who, say, plays a fighter because they think the combat system is challenging and fun, and they look cool in suit of armor. It's not their fault their favorite class is a little overpowered, but they still get mistaken for someone who's just a fighter 'cause they're elite and trendy. But even if they got rebalanced, she'd still be fighting long after all the munchkins bailed, 'cause it's what she loves and it's what she's best at. That about right, DV, hon?