alt Hacker NewsI think the idea of being an employee is fundamentally changing. Not saying its good or bad but it's shifting to a more entrepreneurial phase where people have to step out of their 9 to 5s and find ways to deliver value that others want to pay for.
We saw this pre-ai with uber and door dash. I think as AI automation dies down and most companies are competing at a near optimal level with the new tools we'll need humans again in more traditional roles to build the next generation of innovations. And then the whole cycle will repeat.
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Uber and Doordash are both examples of abusing workers and their resources to externalize costs on the worker.
> We saw this pre-ai with uber and door dash.
Oh, yeah? Did the Uber drivers and door dashers accrue the surplus value?
How the hell is uber or door dash entrepreneurial?
That's a lot of SV-speak. How exactly do people step into an entrepreneurial phase? They're at work in corporate settings with fixed defined roles. Most workplaces are not many-hatted-donning startup environments, but restricted roles where there are deliverables, deadlines, meetings, etc. Which leaves out of hours for "entrepreneurship" whatever that is.
Github project work on the weekends? That's not possible for most people in their mature/family years (or shouldn't be necessary - what about living life??)