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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 month ago (4 children)

This absolutely happens in real life. Guy I worked with was at a large telecom company that liquidated in the 2000s. Dude was high up and had a beach house.. you know, rich people stuff.

After the 2000s recession he had major trouble getting hired because he earned too much before and potential employers would think he would leave if they gave him a lower offer.

He ended up working for me building hydroponic farms for about a year making shit pay.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You paid him in shit? Why not use that shit as fertilizer?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He made shit pay? Does shit even have money?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Shit make for shit money

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shit has to be processed first or else everything you use it for will be contaminated with O157:H7 and people will die.

Shit is like a long term investment and not entirely applicable to monthly stipends, at least when one is starting out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I was just assuming it was horseshit

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

This was also the plot of The Company Men, where Ben Afleck’s character took a construction job to make ends meet. It was a good movie.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a friend with a PhD in linguistics, worked for years in the SF tech world in i18n, not quite a PM, not an engineer, not a CX person but somewhere between the three. He got laid off and found it impossible to get another role, I think in large part because he's super over qualified by education and years of experience, but in such a niche skill set that doesn't really fit into traditional tech company roles. He ended up taking a job at the airport doing plane loading and such!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let me introduce you gentleman to Doug Prasher.

https://www.science.org/content/article/man-who-wasnt-there

He was years ahead of the field in molecular biology but was parking cars when his work won a Nobel Prize...for other people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This guy: “There you are!”

He grabs some tubing and starts squeezing the air out of it.

“You’re gonna pay!”