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Originally Posted by John Wesley  My question is, aren't darkworkers bad for society as a whole? Being a darkworker means never doing things that don't help you. It means being greedy, and using fear to get what you want. I know some huge darkworkers and I'm sure they'll be very successful, but when it comes down to it they're miserable human beings. |
I know a very strong darkworker myself (my darkworker can beat up your darkworker) who is a pretty good person. He's dedicated his life to furthering his own career, and making and saving money, but he's done this by becoming better with computer networking than anyone I've met. He is currently getting a cisco cert that only about 2,000 people in the world have. Shortly, he'll be getting paid hundreds an hour to fly around fixing networks all over the world. And he's only 22.
He has tens of thousands of dollars in the bank and just bought a reliable car for 3k. He puts money in an IRA. He owns his house. His credit is over 700. He doesn't have any debt.
If you tried to get in his way, nothing bad would happen to you, he would just bypass you. He wouldn't do anything evil or violent or illegal because he would never risk going to jail or getting a criminal record.
He could care less about what kind of networks he is fixing or optimizing. As long as he got paid. But I'd say inherently he does more good than almost anyone I've met just because he is so productive. He gets paid to fix things and he likes the money and the status, so he fixes things 14 hours a day, at $90/hour. That rate will double or triple soon, and he won't work any less.
How could a lightworker really compete against this? Are you, as a lightworker, going to fix computer networks with the power of love? I don't think so. Good luck competing against my darkworker friend.
Steve said a while ago that he sees furthering evolution as a great purpose. The overall purpose behind everything really. I think this is a wise assessment. My darkworker friend (though he would never think to label himself as a darkworker) assists greatly in the evolution of the internet and the field of networking. The influences he'll make over the next ten years will probably be pretty astounding. And he'll get paid accordingly.
As far as I can tell, everyone wins, but mostly my friend does.
Who would get in the way of furthering technology? My friend makes companies thousands of dollars in minutes. Can the power of love do that? Not as far as I can tell. Only a highly developed skillset can.
Is he evil? I know him as well as anyone, and I'd say definitely not. He realizes that deep skills and strong ethics make money. He realizes this to the point that he does more good than anyone else I know, even if his reasons are only to help himself. If you spoke with him, there's not any ego involved. He doesn't have to sell himself, because his reputation preceeds him. Ego doesn't make money in the computer field, fixing networks does.
I think people like to think that being self centered means doing work at the expense of others somehow, this isn't the case. Being self centered really means helping others, because they're the ones who pay you.