I feel like the number is higher for software work where I'm at, and lower for every other profession. Scary when you think that your doctor is in it for the money
You can be a software developer without any formal training and without any licensure. Not so for an MD.
It's going to attract more people who have the mentality of artists or musicians, i.e. people who do it for the love of the craft and as a creative outlet.
True. I like math and CS theory, but despise coding (pays well though). AI is finally taking over this soul-sucking occupation and all I can say - good riddance.
It's an awesome profession for those of us who love it.
Tbf coding with ai is still super fun though. I am hoping that engs who hate it like you will finally get kicked out as productivity increases from ai and it will finally go back to just us nerds.
It's kinda soul-sucking being around all you guys that just hate this work, please get out and go do farming or something lol.
Yeah seems like most programmers just do it for the money. I imagine only like 20% of us do it just because we enjoy it.
I feel like the number is higher for software work where I'm at, and lower for every other profession. Scary when you think that your doctor is in it for the money
You can be a software developer without any formal training and without any licensure. Not so for an MD.
It's going to attract more people who have the mentality of artists or musicians, i.e. people who do it for the love of the craft and as a creative outlet.
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hopefully the MD that passes all the tests is still worth his salt even if he only chose the profession for the paycheck.
but as one of the nearby professors is famous for saying: "C students gotta go somewhere."
( and since this is HN - he didn't mean the programming language :D )
idk, a lot of American doctors I've met seemed to be in it because they like school and stability. Though perhaps a similar scary.
There are plenty of easier ways to make money than becoming a doctor.
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I'd just say there are scores of people who like programing. But that's about it.
True. I like math and CS theory, but despise coding (pays well though). AI is finally taking over this soul-sucking occupation and all I can say - good riddance.
It's an awesome profession for those of us who love it.
Tbf coding with ai is still super fun though. I am hoping that engs who hate it like you will finally get kicked out as productivity increases from ai and it will finally go back to just us nerds.
It's kinda soul-sucking being around all you guys that just hate this work, please get out and go do farming or something lol.
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