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In short, I don’t really “need” to work in order to live, but I am very passionate about AI design and agentic applications after having built out a native app in my own after having completed some online training and projects.
So I had one interview with a company for a tech owner positing revolving around agentic AI and development and after seeing my resume, all 4 of my interviewers wanted to talk ONLY about my wife’s company and how it is generating revenue. I kept telling them that it’s her business and that I just founded it but now I’m ready to go back to work. Despite all of this, they just weren’t having it.
What this experience revealed to me is that genuinely wanting to go back to work out of passion and having a proven track record is not as attractive as someone who is sick of his/her current job but pretending to have all this success at their current employment, lying through their teeth just to fake a promotion at the next place.
It’s like the power that the company (employer) has over its slaves…er uh, I mean “employees” can exist ONLY if the said employee is completely dependent upon the job as a means to live and constantly live in fear of being ousted from work and having to become homeless on the street. If the job applicant does not have this fear because he/she doesn’t have to depend on receiving a paycheck and has other means to survive and live comfortably even if the master (employer) shitcans them, this completely shifts the power dynamics of the employer/employee relationship and makes them almost fearful and uncomfortable.
Seriously, if this doesn’t reveal how completely fucked up and odious the entire premise of capitalistic relationships is, i don’t know what else does. Peeling away the layers of this employer/employee relationship dynamics just proves that nothing other than transactional gain motivates anything in the system of capitalism. No one gives a flying shit whether or not you “enjoy” your work which always makes me laugh whenever I hear these simps talking about how contributing to the company mission is what motivates them to work harder or companies saying that they love seeing motivated employees who care about what they do and are willing to go outside their swim lane to pay it forward. Such outdated boomer-esque bullshit malarky that has no context in the 21st century.
I don't normally reply to these things but fantastic analysis and spot on unfortunately.
It's refreshing to know there are others who are also truly "unplugged" and can see the machine and system objectively for what it is and has become rather than what it's historically been presented as.
The whole "work hard and get ahead" narrative has been dead for years and yes they would rather take desperate "yes" folks anyday rather than critical thinkers who see through the sham.
Unfortunately the good old livelihood monster along with healthcare extortion is the main play still used to control because unfortunately it works because people are coerced to comply and so it never changes or improves materially.
It's only getting worse with doubling down on surveillance metrics and micromanagement packaged as development.
Honestly… they might just be concerned about their ip. You could rewrite your resume to just say technology owner or something instead of something like founder(not sure what you have of course).
That’s an interesting perspective though.
Some things aren’t adding up here. Is this post AI generated or are you mad the interviewer hyperfocused on the part of your resume that would set you apart? If you can’t or won’t speak to it, don’t put it in your resume.
Also, are you really a founder if your wife started it and you just “help with the tech.”
1. I write the post. Last time I checked, I am a human.
2. Angry? Well, maybe a bit, but in all seriousness, it’s their loss because I ended up working for a competitor on a contract basis and they did not care one bit that i successfully launched a revenue generating product that has scaled to $2M in ARR. “Dumbfounded” describes my feeling more accurately than “angry” because I am completely befuddled as to how asinine and short-sighted employing companies can be when seeking talent. This experience has just proven to me that having complete control over their employees is a million times more important to a company than actually fostering a collaborative environment that would increase motivation and innovation from both sides. Literally the dumbest maneuver anyone could take.
3. I co-founded the company with my wife who has majority stake in the company and architected the actual platform. We then used nearshore resources to develop the beta and then raised capital to scale the operations.
I'd say start keeping a Journal of your experiences, and don't be in a rush to land just any position. Perhaps, by keeping a record of where you've been called to interview, you'll begin to see a pattern or be able to connect the dots, and get that much closer to your destined job. Check out the company culture well before the interview. It seems you may already be doing that. If you do this there won't be too many shocking revelations in the interview. Interviewing anywhere is still getting out there, even if YOU don't want the position. It's good practice. If nothing else, in your emotional regulation skills. Very valuable, btw, in any workplace, particularly in a leadership role.