Comment by elric

Comment by elric 18 hours ago

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> especially in today's world, where we are taught to despise older folks, and encouraged to treat everyone that we work with, as competitors

What world is this? This not match my experiences at all. Is this a common sentiment among your peers?

silisili 17 hours ago

It matches mine as well. People will pretend to be your best friend, but when push comes to shove, they will absolutely throw you under the bus. And maybe that's human nature, but I don't have it in me.

The people who will give you credit where it's due and lift you in my experience are more rare than not, and almost always an older member, which perhaps is because they don't feel the need to prove themselves as much anymore.

Despising older folks has been a thing a long time, made famous by Zuck starting out. Now that he's older, I wonder if he still feels the same way...

  • shinjitsu 16 hours ago

    >Despising older folks has been a thing a long time, made famous by Zuck starting out.

    and before that is was hippies with "Don't trust anyone over 30" which became deeply ingrained in at least American culture.

    • ChrisMarshallNY 16 hours ago

      Yup.

      The difference, this time, is the CEO is now a younger person, when they used to always be someone in at least their forties (more often fifties or sixties).