There’s plenty of evidence that the competitive, “best in show” approach used in interviewing extends into the core of tech culture itself.

While side projects can be a great indicator of personality, ability, and work-ethic, they should not have as much ability to make or break someone’s career.

Bootcamps are a micro example of how the tech industry is built on the emotional labor of the same groups who are marginalized within it.

Social media jobs may not involve coding. They may not involve debugging. They may not involve writing a novel or reporting. But they’re still analytical as fuck, with a measure of art in there.

The industries we know and love are being built on our free labor, our hunt for “experience,” and our naivety about our worth.