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I Have Delivered Value... But At What Cost?

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2 HN users recommended this comedy video2 months2021–2024 score 3
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Praised as painfully accurate office satire, with the channel's sketches called genius.

A short KRAZAM comedy sketch satirizing corporate tech life, where a worker reckons with having delivered value at the cost of his soul, complete with Slack chimes.

“The videos on that channel are so good that they're painful to watch” (HN, 2022)

2 strong recommendations · 1 citations · 2 jokes · Comedy

5 Hacker News comments

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@Trasmatta Aug 2022 Strongly recommends
on HN thread Productivity porn
The videos on that channel are so good that they're painful to watch, when you realize how closely it matches the life you're living. This one is my favorite (or "least favorite" depending on how hard it hits on any given day): [this video] I feel like the people doing that channel could write a very effective modern Office Space.
Painfully accurate satire of office life.

Citations, criticism and jokes

@maxbond Dec 2023 Cites it
on HN thread
Postscript: This isn't too say constant notifications aren't bad for people's mental health, and might not exacerbate people's ADHD. Only to say that neurodiversity is a real phenomenon and that the technology isn't the primary cause. The Slack chime is a master stroke on this skit. A coworker once told me their mental health improved after they disabled the chime. (They were still responsive to messages, to be clear.) [this video]
Skit's Slack chime captures notification fatigue.
@miles Dec 2021 Makes a joke
on HN thread Wingman for Haskell
Wingman is cool and all, but OmegaStar is really holding things up - still waiting on ISO timestamp support: [link] [this video] Shout out to the Galactus team!
@dntrkv Jan 2023 Makes a joke
on HN thread Ask HN: What are we even chasing?
[this video] OP if you watch this, don’t take it too seriously (it is a joke, but with kernel of truth). But generally if you’re feeling that way it might be time to step back and focus on other parts of your life (family, friends, hobbies, mental and physical health, travel, etc).

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