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.
shortrounddev@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
I do not socialize with my coworkers because they are the most obnoxious fucking money-obsessed pieces of shit I’ve ever met
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Bit of an unhinged and unreasonable nerd rant but here it goes:
The second dot com boom in the 2010s ruined us. Like holy shit. As someone younger looking down the line, living in tech bro culture, but exposed to the likes of the jargon file, y combinatorial and their venture capitalists literally ruined hacker culture.
We used to have a thriving culture that cherished freedom, real freedom, not freedom for the rich. What happened to the culture that spawned Windows buyback day? What of the dream that networked freedom would one day break the chains of economic heirarchy?
Like holy fucking shit. If you’re not here for the love of the machine stop touching a compiler or better yet go loose your fucking hands.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Preach.
Information wants to be free.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
A total crash would scare the money away but leave all the hardware and software behind
daddy32@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Minor note: Jargon file is much older than any of that (and most of us).
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I just wanna build cool shit and solve puzzles using the smallest amount of code possible that still makes sense to read. That’s fun to me. I’ve honestly gotten incredibly sick of renting by brain out to people for the majority of my waking hours mostly just to put a roof over my head.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I have a couple friends that are software devs, and they echo the exact same sentiment. We’ve bonded over computers over the years, and they all wish they’d chosen a different career path at times because there are so many morons, and typically the morons are the worst devs out there.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Studying software engineer, the amount of weird looks I got from windows users for having a terminal open on my linux pc is scary
shortrounddev@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Windows has a terminal now too!
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey, I’m only money-obsessed because I’m trying to retire.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I saw my retirement fund .
I’ll probably be in the ground and STILL working.
underwire212@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Who also have absolutely ZERO moral compass. Like literally don’t give two shits if they’re coding a piece of software going into a baby killing machines.
jdeath@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
i wish there was a place where normies didn’t want to work so we could all go there
futatorius@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
If it’s any consolation, it’s really fun when you become senior enough to be able to weed out the no-talent greasy-pole climbers.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
One hell of a consolation prize
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My soul contacted in upon itself a little as I read that.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’m the same way. I thought websites were cool and wanted to make one. So I did and taught myself. Then I took a class at my high school, then again at the local community college once I could do concurrent enrollment. In college, I worked on software projects to relax from my CS classes, and I still do that today.
Even if AI takes my job, I’ll probably still hack on stuff. I’m in it because I love software dev. I probably could’ve climbed the ladder long ago, but that would’ve required sacrificing what I want to do.
So yeah, hopefully I can keep making money with my hobby, but I’m not interested in becoming a corporate hack just to make a buck.
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 week 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.