I needed to hear this this morning for sure. I work in tech and I’ve definitely fallen into the mindset about my work being my life and it’s been rather unhealthy for me. I appreciate your reminder and it helps me reflect on what my true values and purpose is for myself . Keep up the great content !
@simpleandminimalmaybe
Жыл бұрын
i agree with the point of appearing as an interesting person, this has been largely escalated by social media as each person want to be worshipped by either their social group and or attract more attention due to this association of either the career or work they do. i intentionally refuse to tell people my career and or company i work for specifically for that reason. and i do explain that i am not my job, and i do not go to social events to talk about my job. i go to work to earn a living.
@edgehodl4832
2 жыл бұрын
very interesting! im a low hanging fruit on EE spectrum (i only have 4 year EE degree and never worked in big tech company), sometime i am curious how it is working in a FANG company, but since i got full time remote job, i am good. i do easy 40hr from home and im out for the weekend. Def my job does not define my identity.
@Rudenbehr
Жыл бұрын
I love listening to your thoughts. I'm interested in EE, not really a phd, but it really helps to listen to the experiences of someone else who's already went through this.
@developandplay
2 жыл бұрын
This is the reason I deleted my video about interning at these big tech companies. It just attracts a demographic of people that worships those places. However I don't know what to do to resolve the issue of getting to hung up about your job. Like in the end society as a whole cares about status and prestige even if you don't... Also are we even in a position to say it doesn't matter when we do quite enjoy the work?
@kambakhsheskandari7337
2 жыл бұрын
We missed you Janice ❣
@tomburns5231
2 жыл бұрын
I don't remember exactly how I found your channel, but this video is amazing. Such a healthy attitude and a welcome reprieve from the "as an ex-Googler millionaire" content which I personally find more often than not quite vacuous, honestly. Maybe it's not always linked with this, but I think that kind of unhealthy attitude and self-promotion reveals how much those people focus on the wrong thing(s). Whereas, your content seems way better-motivated and constructive (and thereby unique). Probably I'm also a bit biased here. I'm a PhD student studying in Japan, and originally from Australia. I feel totally outside of the US tech bubble, and yet I would really like to be included in their research space, i.e., research scientist positions. Because of all this, I think I really resonated with your background and experience, also. I'm not sure if it's fair to say this, but I also think that people who do a PhD are a bit more thoughtful and reflective than a typical undergrad CS person. Again, I'm probably biased, and I will also admit I have a strong bias against engineering in general -- just not my cup of tea, I much prefer to do science, and it irks me when engineers for some reason seem to perpetually discount principled/scientific thinking in favour of "what works". /rant More to the topic at hand: absolutely, it doesn't really matter at all where you work. What you do and who you are matters a lot more. (Very similar dynamics and conclusions can be drawn from in academia, too.)
@janpancake
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for leaving such a kind and thoughtful comment 🙂 I have some similar biases and think one benefit of doing a PhD is you learn to think more deeply and critically about things. So I think that also generally encourages a more introspective and mature mindset... but then of course I now have trouble shutting off my mind.
@Keepedia99
2 жыл бұрын
When you get only 5 words of information about a person, it's way easier to take them seriously when one of those 5 words is Google than if their projects are interesting. When I think about most of the cool blogs I have discovered, most of them I found when looking for something 'how to get into xxx'
@atift5465
2 жыл бұрын
This was a wonderful take on the philosophical truth behind why so many, if not most people are inclined to work at these so called MAANG companies. I find myself at times being in that same trap. That when I tell others that i work for an XYZ company that most people haven't heard of, they seem to not value it as much as they would for google or facebook. You're 100% correct that we value more of the prestige of the work than the quality, innovation, and impact our work has. It's a sad reality.
@Vim_Tim
2 жыл бұрын
It’s all about signaling. Education, work history, and even appearance suggest a high probability of competence due to some combination of intelligence & diligence.
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