cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60603043
Employment data from Tsinghua University — one of China’s top tertiary institutions — published on its website on Tuesday shows the number of graduates entering the manufacturing and energy sectors rose 19.1% year over year for the class of 2025.
Top employers for this year’s Tsinghua graduates include Huawei, BYD, State Grid Corporation of China, and China National Nuclear Corporation, the university said.
Maybe the sheen of tech and finance is limited. You’re, at best, enabling other people’s visions and at worst contributing to enshittification.
It was appealing for a while with the promises of big paydays, but if they stop keeping that up, it won’t stand on its merits.
Making actual things has an emotional charm. I work for a fintech and the best I can do is point at a card terminal and say “maybe my code is one of 932 obscure steps towards you financing a $2.59 hot dog…”