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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • If this hacker group got in, then it’s extremely likely that other state sponsored hacker groups got in too (and they’re not making it public). If you work with highly sensitive information, then you should be responsible and make sure no one is getting in. I’m sorry, but it is how it is. Be glad these people got in now and are bringing it into the public eye. We should be much more responsible with these things and the public should expect AND demand responsibility from every single state institution working with highly sensitive data. I worked in cybersec.


  • Gen Z software engineer here. From what I can tell my generation doesn’t care that much about company loyalty and all of that jazz. That’s true for me as well. Companies have a soulless aspect to them. I can’t put my soul into that. If another place is willing to throw more money at me, I will take it. Sure, if my workplace is extra nice I will think twice about it, but most of the time it isn’t.

    Then there’s the lack of investment in the younger folks on the part of the company. No mentorship programs, a lack of workshops, etc. Our input isn’t taken into account and is often overlooked. That’s not the right way to show young people that you care about them or their future. In turn they won’t care about you or your company’s future.

    Also the fact that people tend to bring their politics to work is a big problem for me. This is especially true with the boomers in the company. They love to stroke their right-wing, often bigoted political opinions in front of us at work. Mostly in the form of complaining about whatever they saw today on Instagram or Facebook. Now this isn’t inherently a problem that can be brought up with HR, mostly because they do it in a subtle and veiled enough manner that there’s not much you can do about it. But I’d say that personal politics is another big factor for me. It makes me not care that much about the workplace/company as a whole.











  • I don’t own a car (mostly because it’s slower than the train). I use a carsharing service on the extremely rare occasion I need a car to get somewhere. Otherwise I either ride a bike or take the train. I mostly work from home (Yeah, I know not everyone has that privilege) I don’t really eat beef or pork (mostly poultry and tuna for the protein, and tons of rice - I do bodybuilding) I don’t order many things through marketplacess like Amazon (mostly because I’m fairly minimalist and don’t like clutter. I also like things of good build quality that last longer) I take five mins. max. showers (I hate spending time in the shower) I don’t buy new tech every year (I don’t see the need to, if it works it works. My phone is three years old at this point and I plan on keeping it for at least three more years). I dislike fast fashion (again, mostly because I like things of high build quality). I buy food in little quanitites that I know I will eat and won’t go to waste. I also avoid things that are packaged in tons of plastic. And I use my own shopping bags to carry groceries. I vote for politicians that try to tackle climate change in various ways

    All of these are not necessarily active decisions I take because of climate change. They’re mostly byproducts of my fairly simple and privileged lifestyle. I understand that not everyone has the privilege of a higher education with a good paying job that allows them to work from home, live in a city where everything is 5 minutes away on foot and buy stuff expensive products of high build quality that last longer thus avoiding fast fashion and other more climate damaging things.