← Back to context Comment by skeke 1 day ago Oh brotherAI hasn’t even taken the class of jobs associated with customer service lmao 15 comments skeke Reply fidotron 1 day ago Do we employ mathematicians in customer service roles? nicce 1 day ago Luckily the job situation for pure mathematicians was already bad. akoboldfrying 1 day ago I got a solid laugh out of this. sscaryterry 1 day ago Thats a silly and obtuse comment. My_Name 2 hours ago It was a sensible, valid and pertinent reply to the parent comment though...As with most comments, context is quite important. fidotron 1 day ago You mean the answer betrays the point: customer service is surprisingly hard, we just have a large number of people that are capable of doing it.This is what the whole https://people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/papers/elephants.pdf is about. 4 replies → 12345hn6789 1 day ago Uh.... Have you ever called customer service lately? ben_w 1 day ago Or indeed 20 years ago when "press 1 for foo, press 2 for bar" was already a thing. pfdietz 15 hours ago Press "4" if you have a rotary phone. skekke 1 day ago Yes exactly skekke 1 day ago I did yday.
fidotron 1 day ago Do we employ mathematicians in customer service roles? nicce 1 day ago Luckily the job situation for pure mathematicians was already bad. akoboldfrying 1 day ago I got a solid laugh out of this. sscaryterry 1 day ago Thats a silly and obtuse comment. My_Name 2 hours ago It was a sensible, valid and pertinent reply to the parent comment though...As with most comments, context is quite important. fidotron 1 day ago You mean the answer betrays the point: customer service is surprisingly hard, we just have a large number of people that are capable of doing it.This is what the whole https://people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/papers/elephants.pdf is about. 4 replies →
nicce 1 day ago Luckily the job situation for pure mathematicians was already bad. akoboldfrying 1 day ago I got a solid laugh out of this.
sscaryterry 1 day ago Thats a silly and obtuse comment. My_Name 2 hours ago It was a sensible, valid and pertinent reply to the parent comment though...As with most comments, context is quite important. fidotron 1 day ago You mean the answer betrays the point: customer service is surprisingly hard, we just have a large number of people that are capable of doing it.This is what the whole https://people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/papers/elephants.pdf is about. 4 replies →
My_Name 2 hours ago It was a sensible, valid and pertinent reply to the parent comment though...As with most comments, context is quite important.
fidotron 1 day ago You mean the answer betrays the point: customer service is surprisingly hard, we just have a large number of people that are capable of doing it.This is what the whole https://people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/papers/elephants.pdf is about. 4 replies →
12345hn6789 1 day ago Uh.... Have you ever called customer service lately? ben_w 1 day ago Or indeed 20 years ago when "press 1 for foo, press 2 for bar" was already a thing. pfdietz 15 hours ago Press "4" if you have a rotary phone. skekke 1 day ago Yes exactly skekke 1 day ago I did yday.
ben_w 1 day ago Or indeed 20 years ago when "press 1 for foo, press 2 for bar" was already a thing. pfdietz 15 hours ago Press "4" if you have a rotary phone. skekke 1 day ago Yes exactly
Do we employ mathematicians in customer service roles?
Luckily the job situation for pure mathematicians was already bad.
I got a solid laugh out of this.
Thats a silly and obtuse comment.
It was a sensible, valid and pertinent reply to the parent comment though...
As with most comments, context is quite important.
You mean the answer betrays the point: customer service is surprisingly hard, we just have a large number of people that are capable of doing it.
This is what the whole https://people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/papers/elephants.pdf is about.
4 replies →
Uh.... Have you ever called customer service lately?
Or indeed 20 years ago when "press 1 for foo, press 2 for bar" was already a thing.
Press "4" if you have a rotary phone.
Yes exactly
I did yday.