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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Build a brand." For what? The thing doesn't matter, only T H E B R A N D.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Shoot CEOs in the back. Punch Nazis. Get that productivity going!

[–] sedd@piefed.social 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Christ, this stuff is so grim.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Help others solve their problems to sabotage them trying to follow step 4

That's how you get ahead in life.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

What they actually mean is "sell people solutions to problems that don't actually exist"

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for creating content

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

If you don't create the content, how will we feed it into our AI models for free?

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago

Thank god Im over 27, I can comfortably resign to the inevitability of wage slavery for life

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 5 points 2 months ago

They forgot the 'get lucky' part. Lots of people make content. Few get lucky.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

I have been writing almost every day, very very often online in forums or blogs, for 30 years now. Its not a path to victory.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

that sounds oddly like work

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

"If you're 16-27, don't forget to shit your shitty opinions all over LinkedIn in the name of building your personal brand, instead of learning things to have opinions that are actually worth a damn." -LinkedIn Idiots.

[–] derry@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

MLM coming in 3, 2, ....

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, this is the future we all wanted, a workforce consisting of nothing but influencers and prison labor (what else are those camps for). The american dream everyone!