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    Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 24 Apr 2019
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    Does anyone else feel that they basically lucked into a high paying career because their interests randomly aligned with scarcity and a rapidly growing field, and that it's nowhere near as hard, or as societally valuable as what teachers, medical professionals and care-givers do?

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      2. John Mark Schofield‏ @schof 24 Apr 2019
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        Me: "And can you believe the free bagels were from the bagel place I don't like as much?" My Wife (at the time), an RN: "I had to clean up diarrhea from an HIV patient with tuberculosis today."

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      3. Paul Barker‏ @barks102 25 Apr 2019
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        Ha. Exactly the same as me. Always feel society has mixed up our respective values. Me: this client is a pain in the arse....pointless endless con- calls. Wife (RN): I had to tell some parents that their child died and then had to prepare the body.

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      2. Jeff Atwood‏Verified account @codinghorror 24 Apr 2019
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        could be worse, could be a lawyer or a "finance guy"

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      3. Ted Wang‏ @twang 24 Apr 2019
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        Wait, my answer to the first question was yes and the Jeff double dunked me

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      2. gato‏ @_cat_turner 24 Apr 2019
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        No. I worked my ass off for it. Also recognize that I have to constantly learn to things as part of the job, which is fine because this is something I enjoy. Also I think an argument can be made that software does provide societal value, but the main difference is scale

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      3. gato‏ @_cat_turner 24 Apr 2019
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        Software influences the lives of millions of people, everyday. Without it people can't get their medicine, continue business transactions with a credit card ,etc. Yes those people provide value, for the most part their impact it's limited to the lives they are involved with

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      2. April King  🌀‏ @aprilmpls 24 Apr 2019
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        I work in information security. When I randomly started in 1999, it barely existed. Now there are infinite jobs with crazy wages. So yes, all luck.

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      3. Dan Maldonado‏ @dantmaldo 24 Apr 2019
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        I would like to know more about these infinite jobs please (not being sarcastic)

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      2. Deirdré Straughan‏ @DeirdreS 24 Apr 2019
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        I fell into tech by accident, but, given how hard I’ve had to fight to stay in it... Luck has been a factor in specific jobs, but my overall career has been about hard work and sheer pig-headed persistence.

        3 replies 6 retweets 162 likes
      3. Melinda Byerley‏Verified account @MJB_SF 25 Apr 2019
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        What deirdre said.

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