I Have Delivered Value... But At What Cost?
Why Hacker News recommends it
Praised as painfully accurate office satire, with the channel's sketches called genius.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2021 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec Trasmatta · 2022-08 · on “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.
Strong rec NAHWheatCracker · 2024-02 · on “Positive Affirmations for Site Reliability Engineers [video]”
Microservices is probably their most popular video, but all their videos are genius. I'm partial to I Have Delivered Value... But At What Cost? [this video]
Cites maxbond · 2023-12 · on “”
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]