I think the summary at the start of this post is too easy to misinterpret as “if you think of yourself as a smart and moral person, it’s ok to go for these companies”.
(None of the things the summary says seem false. But the overall impression seems too vulnerable to rationalisation along the lines of “surely I would not fall prey to these bad incentives”. When reality is probably that most people fall prety to them. So at the minimum, it might be more fair to change the recommendation to something like “it’s complicated, but err on the side of not joining” or “it’s complicated, but we wouldn’t recommend this for 95% of people who can get a job at these companies”[1].
Or whatever qualifier you think is fair. The main point is to make it clear that the warnings apply to the reader as well, not just to “all the other people”.
I think the summary at the start of this post is too easy to misinterpret as “if you think of yourself as a smart and moral person, it’s ok to go for these companies”.
(None of the things the summary says seem false. But the overall impression seems too vulnerable to rationalisation along the lines of “surely I would not fall prey to these bad incentives”. When reality is probably that most people fall prety to them. So at the minimum, it might be more fair to change the recommendation to something like “it’s complicated, but err on the side of not joining” or “it’s complicated, but we wouldn’t recommend this for 95% of people who can get a job at these companies”[1].
Or whatever qualifier you think is fair. The main point is to make it clear that the warnings apply to the reader as well, not just to “all the other people”.