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      1. What if... You weren't changing the world but building necessary infrastructure?
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      Most tech companies are wiring up houses and buildings rather than inventing electricity. Is this important work? Yes. But there are limits.
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    And yet we talk like each new thing is world changing invention and not a continuation or combination of what existed already.
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      So we pay engineers obscene amounts and cluster them in a tiny (expensive) area and tell them how smart and how special they are.
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        Then we wonder that (white) men operate like gatekeepers to under-indexed folk? And why the most mediocre are the most vicious gatekeepers?
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          We are confused by logical effects of the narcissistic culture we created and tended to like it was a precious flower not a pernicious weed?
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            At the root of this dysfunction is the belief that our work is more important and harder than it actually is.
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              The system is working as intended.