Don Marti
Sun 01 Sep 2013 04:22:35 PM PDT
Happy Labor Day
Happy Labor Day. Have some work and employment links. Or not, considering that they're about jobs and stuff.
The Google Question: Is The Hacker Ethic Compatible With A "For Profit" Company?
Gervais / MacLeod 4: a world without Losers? (part of a great series by Michael O. Church, which starts with Gervais Principle questioned: MacLeod’s hierarchy, the Technocrat, and VC startups.)
Who Owns the Future? Not the Middle Class
The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free | Steve Blank (via Just Well Mixed)
The free coffee test, or Lefkowitz’s Law of Corporate Financial Health
How Technology Is Destroying Jobs
Former Valve Employee: 'It Felt a Lot Like High School' (via Easily Distracted)
Zynga Mistake Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role
Snowden leaks: the real take-home - Charlie's Diary (via Marginal Revolution)
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs | Strike! Magazine (via Cyborgology, The New Inquiry, and Firedoglake)
1st US-made smartphone just as cheap to produce
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer retires: A firsthand account of the company’s employee-ranking system (via Joel Housman and taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog)