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I think the sort of poverty I sense around big company development is of the same sort. Employees are often beset by clueless management, crushing bureaucratic paperwork, WTF bad code, useless demoralized coworkers, &c...

This results in people saying stuff like, "If you find yourself in a warm tub of shit, just have the good sense to stay there where it's warm and no one's likely to attack you." Yes, I actually had a coworker say that to me once.

The attitudess of such workers are very much like the attitudes of those in poverty as described by the article.



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