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    1. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      Just got the word (from a guy on the inside, not a courtesy email) that I didn't get the internship, which I expected. I didn't expect to hear that people with six years of experience were applying for a summer internship. Very healthy software industry we have, huh.

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    2. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      Just goes to show that it doesn't matter if all the cards I have control of are stacked in my favor, a software career just isn't going to happen for me.

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    3. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      I'm not 100% sure how to even apply for jobs in other fields. And I'd bet they have their own backroom-ish networking considerations. "I got a writing gig because I knew such-and-such." Well, I don't know any writing people looking for new hires with no credentials.

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    4. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      Man, what would that even mean? To just abandon part of my identity? I can't see a path forward to anything else besides it either, so I'd be jumping out of a plane after forgetting what a parachute even is. How do you plan for that when you're already in the air?

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    5. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      And what if I fail yet again at whatever it is I'm supposed to do next—if that's anything at all? Do I just starve next time?

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    6. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      We, like, actually do have to have a Conversation about how we present various explicit threats of death in the event of failure as righteous features of capitalism to kids. "It's the only incentive structure that works," he said as he slit another povertous person's throat.

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    7. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      I remember some platonic concept of the poorhouse, but we don't fund any poorhouses anymore—if we ever did—and any ethical discussions in school usually had the unstated assumption that nobody in the class will end up there.

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    8. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      If you're assuming there's no chance you'll end up poor (with your education?), it's WAY easier to make the argument that poor people don't deserve breaks from the government they didn't "earn." You "earned" your education and assume you'll "earn" the job that "will" come after.

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    9. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      Meanwhile, I know people in my high school ended up homeless and others died, causes ranging from murder to a bizarre death in a Seattle river. Is the "realistic," "logical," "fair" position really that we must totally write those people off, rather than help them out of trouble?

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    10. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019

      Personally, I didn't know Danny well, but I'd prefer the version of the world where he had the means to move out of his parents' house in our neighborhood and got to marry his girlfriend and be a parent. He was shot in the face in our neighborhood while driving to get gas.

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 14 May 2019
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      I wish I knew more about eng work :( Do you have established devs you can talk to about how to break in?

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        2. Michael MacTaggert‏ @lethargilistic 14 May 2019
          Replying to @eigenrobot

          I do, but my network fragmented immediately after graduation and moving thousands of miles away didn't help. I haven't reached out much because I don't want them to think I'm only interested in my job search. That's how it's usually panned out, and hate it.

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        3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 14 May 2019
          Replying to @lethargilistic

          If you'd like, I'd be happy to put this on RT at least.

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