Uber would not exist without GPS. I wonder how many other of the unicorns:

* Twitter without Rails

* Facebook without PHP (I think this is fair but maybe not)

* Reddit without Python

* Tesla and Solar City without huge government subsidies

Crazy to think how many Lake Tahoe vacation homes were transferred thanks to these projects.

They wanted the lock in. They did it for profit margin. Because people like the Director of Product the GP mentions hops from one role to the next its all short term nonsense.

What happens if the majority of Americans want to pass laws against their best interest?

What happens if the majority of Americans want to pass laws that are deeply immoral?

I think it could be fast enough if portability to different platforms wasn't such a high priority for game studios these days. Nobody wants to write typescript and then pay $50M for someone to port it for Switch or whatever.

Is not by itself justification to do a thing.

Drop the marketing talk. Stop talking about the peak potential of every little thing. Stop pretending that everything can or should be optimized. Stop pretending that every event is an emergency. Get your mind and body out of crisis mode. Admit to yourself that the failure of your venture is the most likely outcome, that it always has been the most likely outcome, and that thats ok and you can still learn and grow and make a difference even in failure. That you can do everything right and still lose.

The cognitive dissonance of tech has torn down so many people. Don't let it tear you down. There are conscious choices that you have made and continue to make that make you feel the way that you do. Your body is suggesting you change them.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYvhC_RdIwQ

Thousands of new managers. Think about that.

Has anything other then the Cloud presented a true foundational shift in how applications are built? Kubernetes, Serverless, Blockchain, React, Swift, these things are big but not big enough.

I think we just like pretending every little thing is the next big thing.

This seems like a huge luxury that is not needed for most travelers. If you really need the kitchen and entertainment spaces then you're going to pay a lot even with Air BnB ("alot" being super subjective).

That said all the ads tend to be from large vendors that seem to be targeting very senior engineering leadership. Not sure how great thats going for them.

If you're Google sure throw a 100 people at a project that might get pivoted or axed. It won't matter. But a Government IT initiative? They have to be more efficient.

And closing that deal and having their reports implement the roll-out was milked for an entire quarters worth of performance metrics for that manager's brag-sheet.

Start interviewing elsewhere. Just seeing new opportunities is often enough to provide some relief and sense of perspective.