Ask HN: Are most corporate software jobs performative? The answers got specific, and bleak (news.ycombinator.com)
The thread reached for David Graeber's "Bullshit Jobs" and a Civilization line about bureaucracy expanding to fill its own needs. The metrics people game — lines of code, PR count, hours in the building — got named as the cause.
The counter that kept it honest: small companies aren't a clean escape. Startups have their own perverse incentives, built on VC math and founders' whims.
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