• shortrounddev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    20 days ago

    I’m also a software engineer and I can’t stand most other people in this field. I got into this field because I love computers and was tweaking garry’s mod scripts when I was 12. I read scifi books and enjoy reading about the lore of the tech industry.

    I would estimate that AT LEAST 75% of people in this industry are ladder climbing yuppies who got into it for the money. The gym rat, tesla-driving podcaster types who have invented their own language about syncing up, achieving alignment, creating action items and eating dog food. And for some reason they’re all into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Lex Fridman/Joe Rogan

    I do not socialize with my coworkers because they are the most obnoxious fucking money-obsessed pieces of shit I’ve ever met

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      I read scifi books and enjoy reading about the lore of the tech industry.

      If it’s any consolation, we’re kinda heading into the futuristic dystopian tech hellscape portrayed by so much sci fi. So that’s fun.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      who have invented their own language about syncing up, achieving alignment, creating action items

      My soul contracted in upon itself a little as I read that.

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      18 days ago

      I work at a soulless megacorp these days, but I have to say I’m lucky and the vast majority of developers I work with arr not like this.

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    19 days ago

    It’s distressing how often the track of inventors has been overtaken by the plans of hyper-capitalists.

    • Tesla cars were invented by Elon Musk Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, who were then cut out by their investor to enshittify the interface.
    • Keurig coffee pods were invented by a pair of roommates that wanted them to become recyclable so they wouldn’t cause so much waste.
    • Blizzard used to make fun games, and is now bought out by people that don’t.

    I still need to put out my big, long-form video promoting the Accountable Capitalism Act - something that could lead a large body of software devs at a big company to be present for the big-shift plans to, say, “Remove error messages from Windows!” and tell their bosses: Hell no. The same style of issue exists in many industries.