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I don't see how "you're doing this for the money" is supposed to be a criticism. No shit it's about money? That's the whole reason anyone bothers to go to work in the first place. It sure isn't for fun or else they wouldn't have to pay us!

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I think he mostly just hates that I'm branding job stacking in a way that makes guys excited about it and gives the project real vitality as something to be pursued collaboratively by an exclusive ingroup.

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Part of signaling that you're part of the upper middle class, and therefore "a culture fit" at a tech firm, is knowing to lie about working for something other than money.

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also self-castrating and speaking with a fake lilting elite affectation is a must

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