I read this piece as a rejection of the author's entire line of thinking. Being taken advantage of is something that can easily happen no matter what your technical skills are, because your people reading skills are still lacking.
This isn't just about "Billy," this is about the startup CEOs that champion "hustle" for their programmers who are on an options plan to earn at best a hundredth of what their bosses will get.
In the end it's all about value: the value you expect to get out of your work, the value you put into yourself, the value you project to the world and the people signing your checks.
This isn't just about "Billy," this is about the startup CEOs that champion "hustle" for their programmers who are on an options plan to earn at best a hundredth of what their bosses will get.
In the end it's all about value: the value you expect to get out of your work, the value you put into yourself, the value you project to the world and the people signing your checks.