I stopped reading when you gave an example of moving somewhere better. Google is not inherently better than Yahoo. Both companies have very interesting projects going on. What makes one company better than another is the chance to work on projects that YOU find interesting.
That's fair, but unfortunately that's probably the least important detail of the article. I'm still learning how to write blog posts so I'll take that into consideration in the future. I changed it to reflect the fact that many people, whether right or wrong, would currently assume it's a step up.
He said that most people would perceive Google as a step up, and he's right, but his point is that the incessant climbing is pretty stupid, and I agree.
Adam Smith called early industrial Britain "a nation of shopkeepers". Corporate America (and VC-istan is just as bad) is "a nation of social climbers."
> Corporate America (and VC-istan is just as bad) is "a nation of social climbers."
But (from what I see at least) it's still better than a lot of other countries. At least in the larger areas you can earn a decent wage, with a decent amount of seniority, while still being in a technical role.
This just doesn't happen here in Spain - after 7 or 8 years you've hit the ceiling, you're an architect or analyst or whatever you want to call it, but to get further (earn more, have more responsibility in your company...) you need to move into non-technical management.
