▲ 345 ▼ Software engineers are facing an 'identity crisis bordering on depression,' Menlo Ventures partner says (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 4 months ago by fubarx@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archive link: https://archive.ph/NaK7K
[–] KingDingbat@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (5 children) Educate me? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago (3 children) Business Insider articles are generally trash content. They choose provocative headlines and hot-button issues to boost engagement, but once you’re on the site, there’s not actually that much to engage with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Truth. Same with benzinga and Yahoo finance. Most are actually adverse for gold in disguise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago I used to work for a clickbait factory, so I’m familiar with the hallmarks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KingDingbat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Ahh so much of that nowadays. Probably AI written too, ironically. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago They do a lot of "people in the industry are saying x" stories, like this one. The source then will often be a tweet or linked in post with a dozen likes or something, so not the height of journalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago (3 children) Business Insider articles are generally trash content. They choose provocative headlines and hot-button issues to boost engagement, but once you’re on the site, there’s not actually that much to engage with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Truth. Same with benzinga and Yahoo finance. Most are actually adverse for gold in disguise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago I used to work for a clickbait factory, so I’m familiar with the hallmarks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KingDingbat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Ahh so much of that nowadays. Probably AI written too, ironically. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Truth. Same with benzinga and Yahoo finance. Most are actually adverse for gold in disguise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago I used to work for a clickbait factory, so I’m familiar with the hallmarks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago I used to work for a clickbait factory, so I’m familiar with the hallmarks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KingDingbat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago Ahh so much of that nowadays. Probably AI written too, ironically. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago They do a lot of "people in the industry are saying x" stories, like this one. The source then will often be a tweet or linked in post with a dozen likes or something, so not the height of journalism. permalink fedilink source parent