The real tech origin story is almost always something like “I wanted to make my own levels for doom so I learned to code” or “I was fascinated by explosions so I started to learn the chemistry” or “i wanted to customize my neo pets page so I learned html”
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Replying to @drethelin
That’s *people who like programming a lot*. There’s a whole bunch of people who learn to code well enough to get by because they like money and power. (Hi.)
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @drethelin
it's also partly a millennial narrative, zoomers never lived in a world where it wasn't lucrative so lucre necessarily is part of the equation (assuming they get into as a teen rather than a child)
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I say partly because the real reason this narrative persists is because for "devs" (those who program as end, not means) it is virtuous to be "passionate about coding" and part of that is starting young for nonmaterial reasons
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Replying to @alicemazzy @drethelin
Yeah, people who love a craft as end not as means are usually better at it. & there probably will always be some for any craft that takes actual skill.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @drethelin
I seriously think those people are fewer than those pretending to be them because mythical man month and the stack overflow blogger guys say that's the only kind of person worth hiring
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in no subfield is this worse than infosec, where employees argue vehemently that they would quit if an employer tried to enforce work-life balance because they're so obsessed with their craft but also literally everyone is an alcoholic
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @drethelin
not that my motives are so virtuous! I don't care about work-life balance (I mean, obviously) but have little use for "passionate coder check my github" types
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my ideal is more like, polymaths and domain specialists who are reasonably competent programmers as a means to an end and who can be persuaded to learn type theory
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Yeah me too, ideally most people should be an x who can code, and maybe some people will specialize in “programming”, whatever that is.
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last in a thread but this is basically what I believe and I think I have about a decade to scoop up as many as I can before it gets goodharted to death toohttps://twitter.com/alicemazzy/status/1190370350850363393 …
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