Comment by raw_anon_1111
10 hours ago
My satisfaction in programming since I started doing it professionally in 1996 was that companies with money let me exchange some of their money for my labor and I could take that money and then exchange it for goods and services to support my addiction to food and shelter.
AI just like IDEs before it makes it easier for me to complete my labor and have money appear in my account.
There are literally at least a dozen things I would rather do after getting off of work than spending more time at a computer.
So how come you're here reading and commenting on Hacker News? Is this just down-time at work, or maybe you have some interest in computing technology beyond just the paycheck?
I am not going to ask you to go through my comments. But if you look at my submissions..
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=raw_anon_1111
You’ll see that I’m much more interested in business and industry trends than the technology itself - technology as an enabler to make money
But it’s more about giving my brain a break between exercising and my recent(ish) hobby of learning Spanish. My wife and I are planning to be in Costa Rica (or some other Spanish speaking country in us time zones) six-eight weeks every winter starting next year.
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