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Are We Doing A Bunch Of Fake Work?

Unpacking the fake work narrative

Some very rich folks such as Keith Rabois are attributing the latest spate of Silicon Valley layoffs to fake work. According to Rabois, Musk, and others like them (i.e. very rich), the folks being cut are primarily those performing fake work and ultimately contributing nothing to their companies’ bottom lines. They point to examples like this…