Bullshit Jobs

Bullshit Jobs are meaningless jobs. Jobs which if taken away, won’t matter to anyone (Maybe except to the person who is/was in that position)

While responding to a listener question, DHH mentioned ¹ that it is actually a book, based on a study of such jobs.

He mentioned that BigTech ^TM hires talent so that their competition can not hire the same person, even if the hiring company does not really need the highly talented individual. (Or have enough/great work to fulfill such a person)

Sometimes I feel like that in my current role. 🤔 (The Pay is Good ^TM though 😉) It is not like I’m twiddling thumbs or bored to death. But unlike some of my previous roles, I wonder if it would matter if I were not there. Would they need to replace me by another individual, or would it be better not to have anyone in my current role.