On: The reality of working in tech: We're not hired to write code (2023)

[paulcole]

The driver helps create revenue the car owner (often in the form of ad dollars). They may do this by driving well or they may do this by dating a country superstar or starting fights with other drivers.

Sure at the end of the day driving is a big part of it, but it’s not the only thing.

There’s what, 40 cars in the Daytona 500 and 39 of them lose. Are those 39 bad at their jobs?

[shermantanktop → paulcole]

I know nothing about car racing and I’ll prove it: until your comment I always vaguely assumed that the number of cars in the Daytona 500 was…500?

[paulcole → shermantanktop]

The 500 is the length of the race in miles. It’s 200 laps of a 2.5 mile track.