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Comment by sdcfgy

5 days ago

On the mark.

I have however run out of fucks and am ignorantly coasting and making optimal survival decisions only. Fuck the business. Fuck the career. Highly recommended.

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shoobiedoo  5 days ago

Hah likewise. In the early 2003's I was accepted into two of the top compsci universities in Canada but was rejected by the government for a student loan (my parent's income was too high, the government said-- they should pay. thanks government, no shit).

So I put all my fucks into working my ass off. Started dishwashing. Became a cook. Then owned a bakery. Built up a portfolio, became a sysadmin for a large company. After 6 or 7 years the writing was on the wall that I'd be replaced with a call center and some low wagies so I left.

Been working a do-nothing laid back remote job for a year now and never happier. My only source of stress is thinking that giving a shit when I was young would actually lead somewhere when I had the rug pulled under me from the get-go.

  • luizfelipestang  1 day ago

    Then owned a bakery. That's my exit from software development.

    Making cakes are much more soul fulfilling than writing code for soulless machines, let the machines write the code for themselves.

    One day we get rid of the machines, scrap their metals to make plows to tend the fields. Like the good old times.

    Software development as a career was a utter mistake. Corporations are a mistake.

    Maybe AI can fix that, automate bureaucracy, put those useless managers out of work. But I doubt, the class division is too strong, they'll remove the bottom of the pyramid, but not the top.

    I want to destroy the pyramid ! But I know just to wait, it will destroy itself because it can't understand human values. All modern jobs are bullshit either way.